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Image compressor

Drag the quality slider and watch the file size fall in real time. You see the compressed result and the saving before you commit to a download.

Drop an image here

or , or press ⌘V to paste

Processed on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

How to use it

  1. Drop an image in.
  2. Pick an output format and drag the quality slider.
  3. Compare the before and after sizes, then download.

Questions

Are my images uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything runs in your browser using the Canvas API — the file never leaves your machine, and the tool keeps working if you go offline after the page loads. There is no account, no queue, and no server-side copy to delete later.

How much quality can I lose before it shows?

For photographs, 80% is usually indistinguishable. For screenshots the answer is different — compression artefacts cluster around high-contrast edges, which is exactly what text is, so stay at 90% or above, or use PNG or WebP.

Why did my PNG get bigger?

PNG is lossless, so re-encoding it here will not beat a file that has already been optimised. Convert to WebP instead — it keeps transparency and is dramatically smaller.

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