Compress Images for Email
Shrink photos so they fit under email attachment limits. The settings below are already tuned for email: JPG at 70% quality, max 1920 px wide. Just add your pictures.
Presets:
Compressed images
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How to use it
- Tap "Choose images" or drop JPG, PNG or WebP files onto the box.
- Pick an output format and move the quality slider — the new size updates instantly.
- Download each image or all of them at once.
Email attachment size limits
| Email service | Max attachments per email | What happens above it |
|---|---|---|
| Gmail | 25 MB | Files are sent as a Google Drive link instead |
| Outlook / Hotmail | 20 MB | Offers to share via OneDrive |
| Yahoo Mail | 25 MB | Offers a cloud link |
| iCloud Mail | 20 MB (5 GB with Mail Drop) | Mail Drop link, expires after 30 days |
| Corporate Exchange servers | often 10 MB | The email bounces |
The limit counts the whole email, and attachments grow about 33% when they are encoded for sending. So a "25 MB" limit really means about 18–19 MB of photos. A modern phone photo is 3–6 MB, which means only 3–5 unedited pictures fit. After compressing with the Standard email preset, a typical photo is 300–600 KB, so 30 or more photos fit in one message and still look sharp on any screen.
Sending a lot of pictures? Put them into one PDF with JPG to PDF after compressing. Recipients can then scroll through them as one file.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: Will the recipient notice the lower quality?
A: Not on a phone or computer screen. 1920 px at 70% quality is sharper than most displays can show. Pick "Keep for printing" if the photos will be printed.
Q: Are my photos uploaded to compress them?
A: No. Compression happens in your browser, and the photos never leave your device until you attach them to your email yourself.
Q: Does compressing remove the photo's location?
A: Yes. Re-encoding strips EXIF metadata, including GPS location, which is a good idea before emailing photos to people you don't know well.