Compress Image to 500 KB
Get any image under 500 KB, right in your browser.
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Get any image under 500 KB, right in your browser.
or browse filesdrop images here or paste · see all compressors
Open your image and it is compressed to less than 500 KB, at or under the cap, automatically. The tool finds the highest quality that fits below the limit and reduces dimensions only when a huge photo cannot fit otherwise. The size card reports the original size, the new size and the saving, and the preview is the actually encoded output, so you can inspect the real result before downloading it.
Half a megabyte is the everyday limit, and searches for a JPEG less than 500 KB, a photo size reducer or an image compressor to 500 KB all end here: product photos on marketplaces, images for a website or blog, profile and cover pictures, portfolio uploads, and attachment limits in forms and support systems. A modern phone photo weighs several megabytes; this page turns it into a JPG under 500 KB that keeps its detail on screen and loads fast on a page.
If your site names another number, compress image to 200 KB, 300 KB, 1 MB or 2 MB instead; each page opens with its target set, and the presets carry the picture across. Any custom cap can be typed into the target box, and the Quality button swaps the target for a slider - the mode the main Compress Image tool opens in. The full compressor collection shows every size side by side.
At 500 KB most photos keep their full dimensions: lowering the JPG quality a little is usually enough, and the difference is invisible at normal viewing sizes. Only very large or very detailed images are scaled down, and only as much as needed. WebP fits even more quality into the same bytes; pick it on the download button when the site accepts it.
Your photos never leave your device. Opening, compressing and saving all happen in your browser, with no upload and no account.
Open the image and the tool automatically finds the highest quality that stays under 500 KB, scaling the dimensions only when the image is too large to fit otherwise. Check the preview and download; the size shown is the real encoded size, not an estimate.
Very little. Most photos fit under 500 KB at full resolution with a quality setting that looks identical on screen, and the preview shows the real compressed result so you can judge it yourself.
JPG for photos and the widest compatibility, WebP when the site accepts it and you want more quality in the same bytes, PNG only for graphics that must stay pixel perfect.
No. Compression happens entirely in your browser and the file saves straight back to your device. No server ever sees the image.