Compress Image
Reduce image file sizes while maintaining excellent visual quality. Perfect for websites, blogs, e-commerce and faster page loading.
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How to Compress Images
Upload an image, choose your preferred compression level and optionally remove metadata to significantly reduce file size while preserving excellent visual quality. The compressed image is then ready for websites, email, social media or cloud storage.
Overview
The Image Compression tool helps photographers, web developers, bloggers, businesses and everyday users reduce image file sizes without noticeably affecting visual quality. Smaller images load faster on websites, improve search engine optimisation, reduce bandwidth usage and make files easier to email or share. The tool supports modern image formats including JPG, PNG, WEBP, AVIF, HEIC and TIFF, allowing you to optimise images for almost any purpose while maintaining their original dimensions.
Benefits
How It Works
Upload a supported image.
Choose the desired compression level.
Optionally remove image metadata.
The image is optimised using the selected compression settings.
Image dimensions remain unchanged.
The optimised image is generated for download.
The original image remains untouched.
Uploaded files are automatically cleaned up after processing.
How to Use This Tool
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1Upload a single image.
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2Choose the compression level.
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3Select whether metadata should be removed.
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4Click "Process Files".
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5Preview the results if available.
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6Download the compressed image.
Helpful Tips
- Balanced compression is suitable for most websites.
- Maximum Quality is recommended for photography and printing.
- Maximum Compression is ideal when minimising file size is the priority.
- Removing metadata often reduces file size without affecting image quality.
- WEBP and AVIF generally provide smaller file sizes than JPG.
- Compress images before uploading them to your website.
- Optimised images improve Core Web Vitals and user experience.
- Keep an original backup for future editing.
Common Uses
Website product photographs.
Blog article images.
Portfolio photography.
Social media uploads.
Email attachments.
Company brochures.
Property listing photographs.
Online marketplace images.
Worked Examples
The following examples demonstrate how this tool can be used in realistic scenarios.
Website optimisation
Reduce a 6 MB product photograph to under 800 KB while maintaining excellent visual quality for faster website loading.
Email attachment
Compress several large photographs before emailing them to clients or colleagues.
Social media upload
Optimise an image to reduce upload times while preserving quality on social platforms.
Removing metadata
Strip camera information and GPS location from an image before sharing it publicly.
Common Mistakes
Avoid these common mistakes to achieve the most accurate results.
- Using maximum compression when high image quality is required.
- Compressing an image repeatedly.
- Deleting the original image after compression.
- Choosing PNG when JPG or WEBP would produce smaller files.
- Leaving unnecessary metadata embedded in the image.
- Using oversized images on websites.
- Expecting compression to improve image quality.
- Uploading unsupported file formats.
Glossary
Definitions of the most important terms used by this tool.
Compression
A process that reduces image file size by storing data more efficiently.
Metadata
Additional information stored inside an image such as camera settings, GPS coordinates and creation dates.
Lossy Compression
Compression that removes some image information to achieve much smaller file sizes.
Lossless Compression
Compression that reduces file size without permanently removing image information.
Resolution
The number of pixels that make up an image.
WEBP
A modern image format that offers excellent compression while maintaining high image quality.
AVIF
A next-generation image format capable of achieving very small file sizes while preserving image quality.
HEIC
A modern image format commonly used by Apple devices.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will my image dimensions change?
No. Compression reduces file size while preserving the original image dimensions.
Will image quality be reduced?
Higher compression levels may introduce slight quality loss, but Balanced compression provides an excellent balance between quality and file size.
What happens when metadata is removed?
Camera information, GPS coordinates and other embedded metadata are removed to reduce file size and improve privacy.
Which image format compresses best?
WEBP and AVIF generally provide the smallest file sizes while maintaining excellent image quality.
Can I compress PNG images?
Yes. PNG images can be optimised, although the amount of size reduction depends on the image content.
Can I upload multiple images?
This tool currently processes one image at a time for the best optimisation results.
Is my original image modified?
No. A new compressed image is created while your original file remains unchanged.
Are my uploaded images private?
Yes. Uploaded images are processed securely and automatically removed after processing.
Things to Know
- Only one image can be processed at a time.
- Original image dimensions are preserved.
- Compression effectiveness varies depending on image content and format.
- Metadata removal is optional but recommended for web publishing.
Disclaimer
This tool is intended for general image optimisation purposes.
Extremely high compression levels may produce visible quality loss.
Always keep an original copy of important photographs before compressing them.