Compress an image to 2 MB

Add the photo and download it. The compressor keeps as much quality as fits under 2 MB, so the result is usually between 1.5 and 2 MB. Phone photos (typically 2–6 MB) need only a small quality change and keep their full pixel dimensions; only very large camera files are also scaled down, and then to a size that still fills a 4K screen.

1. 01Add the photo (JPG, PNG, WebP or iPhone HEIC).
2. 02The 2 MB target is already set.
3. 03Check the new file size shown on the result.
4. 04Download and upload.

A 2 MB limit is about how much storage the file takes. It says nothing about width and height: a 4000 × 3000 photo can be 1.8 MB or 6 MB depending on compression. If a form instead asks for something like 600 × 600 pixels, that is a dimension rule; check the dimensions first and resize, then come back here only if the file is still too big.

• File size: KB or MB, fixed here.
• Dimensions: width × height in pixels, fixed with Resize image.
• Not sure which one the form means? Read the error message: “MB” or “KB” means file size.

Many web forms, job portals, content management systems and support desks cap each attachment at 2 MB. Portrait-mode and high-resolution phone photos, and anything from a dedicated camera, often land just over.

A large PNG screenshot can be several megabytes. The compressor first tries a PNG with fewer colours, which keeps text sharp; if that can't fit, it saves a JPG, which softens text edges a little.

This page aims at 2,000,000 bytes or less. Upload forms disagree on what 2 MB means: some count 2,000,000 bytes, others 2,097,152 (1 MB = 1,024 × 1,024 bytes). A file of 2,000,000 bytes or less passes either rule, so you can type the limit exactly as the form writes it. The result shows the exact byte count. Windows File Explorer counts in 1,024s, so the same file can read slightly smaller there.