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Compress an image to 200 KB

A comfortable target that keeps detail. Useful for visa portals, scanned documents, and CV photo uploads.

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200 KB is the sweet spot for document photo uploads — small enough to satisfy strict portals, large enough that the face stays sharp. Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC; the tool binary-searches encoder quality to land just under 200 KB without resizing more than necessary.

What needs a 200 KB photo?

200 KB is the comfortable target — used by the UK ETA portal, most Schengen consulates, several Australian Department of Home Affairs forms, and many CV upload tools.

How the compressor hits 200 KB

We binary-search the JPEG quality between 0.40 and 0.95 to find the highest setting whose encoded output fits under 200 KB. For most photos at typical document dimensions this lands within 1.5 KB of the target after 6–8 iterations. If quality 0.40 still overshoots, we progressively scale the canvas down by 10% and try again — the editor only ever reduces resolution as a last resort.

What if the output is still too big?

Reduce pixel dimensions. A 600×600 photo can never shrink to 200 KB as far as a 413×531 one can. Switch the size mode to a passport preset, or set custom pixel dimensions.
Switch format to WebP. WebP typically gives 25–35% smaller files at equivalent quality. Some upload portals reject it, so check the spec page first.
Crop tighter. Less background means less detail to encode, which lets the encoder use more bits on the face.

How to use this page

Drop your JPG, PNG, WebP or HEIC photo above.
Pick a size preset (passport, square avatar, custom pixels) — or leave it on "Free" to keep the original dimensions.
The target is already set to 200 KB. Click Generate and download.

Privacy

Every step happens inside the browser tab you have open. Your image is decoded, cropped and re-encoded by the same JavaScript engine that runs this page — there is no upload, no temporary file on a server, and no "processed copy" cached by us afterwards. When you close the tab, the blob is gone. We document the full pipeline on our Methodology and How it works pages.

FAQ

Why 200 KB specifically?

Many visa, passport and university portals (e.g. NVC, several Indian government forms, university applications) cap document photo uploads at 200 KB.

Will the face still look sharp?

Yes — 200 KB at 600×600 px is plenty for a clearly readable headshot. Use JPG quality ~75–85 and the tool will dial it in automatically.

Is anything uploaded to a server?

No. The image is compressed in your browser using the Canvas API. Nothing leaves your device.

Can I combine 200 KB with a fixed pixel size?

Yes. Pick a preset like 600×600 or Schengen 35×45 mm; the tool first crops, then compresses to fit under 200 KB.

Does compressing to 200 KB blur the photo?

For a 413×531 px passport photo at 200 KB, the output is visually indistinguishable from the original on a phone or laptop screen. Below ~30 KB at the same dimensions you start to see mild softening; below ~15 KB JPEG block artifacts become visible.

Will the file be exactly under 200 KB?

The compressor stops the search at the first quality that fits, so the output is guaranteed to be ≤ 200 KB. You'll usually land 1–5 KB under the limit.

What happens to my image after I close the tab?

It is freed from your browser's memory like any other image you opened. We never received it, so we have nothing to delete on our side. See Trust & Safety for the full policy.