Compress Image to 2MB
Make a photo fit under 2 MB. The tool finds the best quality that fits and shows you the exact final size before you download.
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How to compress an image to 2 MB
- Choose your photo, or drag it onto the box above. The target is already set to 2 MB.
- The tool tries different quality levels on your own device and keeps the best-looking result that is 2 MB or less.
- Check the final size shown next to the file, then download it.
What to expect at 2 MB
2 MB is enough for a full-size phone photo. Most 12-megapixel photos fit with only a small drop in quality and no change to their width and height.
Very large or very detailed pictures are made a little smaller in pixels when that gives a better-looking result than lowering the quality further.
Where a 2 MB limit comes up
Limits around 2 MB are common for email attachments, website and blog uploads, and online forms that accept full-size photos.
Phone photos are often 3 to 6 MB each, so they need to be reduced before they fit.
How the best quality is found
Guessing a quality setting and checking the size by hand takes many tries. This tool does the trying for you: it saves the picture at different quality levels, measures each result, and keeps the highest quality that fits.
The result is a JPG file, the format upload forms accept most widely.
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Questions and answers
- Will the file be exactly 2 MB?
- It will be as close to 2 MB as possible without going over, usually within a few percent. Here 1 KB is counted as 1,000 bytes, the stricter of the two ways of counting, so the file passes whichever way your form counts.
- Why did my picture get smaller in width and height?
- A large picture cannot fit in 2 MB at a quality worth having. Reducing the number of pixels keeps what remains sharp and clean.
- My form wants a set width and height as well. What do I do?
- Set the width and height first with the Image Resizer, then bring the result here to bring the file size down.
- Are my photos uploaded?
- No. The work is done by your own browser, on your own device. You can check: compress one photo, switch off your internet connection, then compress another. It still works, because nothing is being sent anywhere.
- Is it free?
- Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit on how many photos you use it for.