How to compress an image to 200 KB
- Drop your photo or scan on the box above. The target size is already set to 200 KB.
- The compressor tries JPEG quality levels until the file fits under 200 KB at the best possible quality.
- If even low quality is too big, it reduces the pixel dimensions step by step until it fits.
- Download the result, check it, and upload it to your form.
Why forms ask for 200 KB
Upload limits of 200 KB are common on passport, visa and embassy portals. Sites set them to keep their servers fast, but phone photos are often 2–5 MB, far over the limit. Simply lowering quality is usually enough: a 1200 pixel wide photo at around 70% quality is about 100–150 KB.
Check the result before uploading: text in scanned documents should still be readable. If it is not, crop away empty margins first, since fewer pixels means more quality within the same size.
Your image never leaves your device; compression runs in the browser.
FAQ
Will my image look worse at 200 KB?
It depends on the size. Photos up to about 1500 pixels wide look good at 100 KB.
Why is the result slightly smaller than the target?
The tool picks the highest quality that stays under the limit, so the file is usually a few KB below it.
Can I compress a PNG or PDF to this size?
Images, yes: the output is JPEG, which is far smaller than PNG for photos. PDF files are not supported here.
What does KB mean on forms?
Most forms use 1 KB = 1024 bytes, which this tool also uses, so a file it shows as under the limit will be accepted.