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Compress JPEG
Shrink JPG photos for email and the web.
Compressing a JPEG saves the photo again with stronger compression, so it takes less space while looking much the same. It helps with email attachments, upload forms with a size limit, and web pages slowed down by big photos.
Almost any file
Images, vector art, video, audio, documents, spreadsheets, slides, ebooks and archives: more than 400 conversions. Before anything runs, Filebender says what a conversion will lose and estimates the size of video, audio and many pictures; other files show their size once converted. It compresses PDFs, pictures and videos to the size you choose.
No ads, no watermarks
With a free account: 20 files a day, 2 of them videos, each up to 500 MB. No plan has ads, and nothing is stamped on your files. A pass is one payment that never renews, and one you haven't used can be refunded in full.
Private by default
Files are deleted an hour after converting, or at once when you ask, and photo location is removed unless you choose to keep it. Photos converted to JPG, PNG or WebP are done on your device when your browser can, so they never leave it. They still need your account and count towards your plan.
How to use the JPEG Compressor
- Create a free account with Google or your email address, or sign in.
- Choose your JPG files: drop them on the box, pick them from your computer, open them from Google Drive, or paste a link.
- Choose how small: a strength, or a target size you choose. The gear button has more settings.
- Press “Compress”, then download each file, or all of them in one ZIP.
How much smaller
Light saves at quality 88, Balanced at 75 and Strong at 55. Phones often save photos at a high quality, so even Light can cut them down a good deal, while Strong can show blocky patches in skies and smooth skin. The JPGs are progressive: they appear quickly at low detail and sharpen as they load.
Pixels matter more than quality
A 12-megapixel photo shown on a phone screen carries far more pixels than anyone will see. Resizing it to about 2000 pixels on the longest side often saves more than any quality setting. The Email preset does both: photos come out under 10 MB and no more than 2560 pixels on the longest side.
Where it's compressed
A JPG of up to 50 MB compressed at one of the three strengths normally never leaves your device: your browser encodes it on the same quality scale the servers use, so a setting gives about the same file either way. It still counts as one of your files, and you need to be signed in to your account. Giving a size in KB or MB, or keeping photo details, sends it to Filebender's servers.
Related tools
- Image CompressorMake JPG, PNG, WEBP and GIF images smaller, by strength or to the size you choose.
- Resize ImageResize pictures by pixels or percentage, or to a social media size.
- JPG to WEBPConvert JPG photos to WEBP for smaller, faster web pages.
- PNG CompressorMake PNGs smaller without losing a single pixel, or to the size you choose with fewer colours.
Questions
Can I compress a JPEG to 100 KB?
Often, yes. Enter the size and Filebender lowers the quality step by step until the photo fits, aiming within 10% under it. A big photo may also need resizing to get that small; if so, it says so and tells you the smallest it managed.
Does compressing again and again make it worse?
Yes, a little each time, because JPG throws detail away whenever it saves. Compress from the original rather than from a copy that's already been compressed.
Is there a limit on photos?
With a free account, 20 files a day, each up to 500 MB. A pass takes more, with files up to 2 GB.
Is Filebender free?
Yes, with a free account: 20 files every day (up to 2 of them videos), each up to 500 MB, with no watermark and no ads. Make the account with Google or your email address. Files converted on your device count the same way as the rest. If you need more, a Day, Week or Month Pass is one payment that never renews; see the Pricing page.
What happens to my files?
It depends on the file. Pictures your browser can convert itself, and everything you do with the PDF tools, from merging and splitting PDFs to putting photos into one, are handled on your device and never leave it, unless you choose to send a file to Filebender's servers. They still need your account: Filebender receives only their type and size, to count them against your plan like any other file. Everything else is converted on Filebender's servers on Google Cloud and deleted an hour after the conversion finishes, or straight away when you press “Delete files now”. Nobody looks at your files, and they're never used for anything else.
Is there a size limit?
With a free account, each file can be up to 500 MB (about 4 minutes of HD phone video), and a batch can have up to 20 files. Any pass takes files up to 2 GB (about 15 minutes of HD video).