Step by step
- Open the Image Resizer and choose your photo.
- Under Resize by, choose File size (KB) and enter the limit, for example 50, or click one of the ready sizes.
- Download the result. The size is shown before you save, so you can check it is under the limit.
For the most common limit there is a ready-made page: resize image to 50 KB. The photo never leaves your device.
How it gets under the limit
The resizer first lowers the JPG quality step by step, which removes detail the eye barely notices. If that is not enough, it also reduces the width and height until the file fits. Photos stay recognizable well below 50 KB at passport-photo sizes.
When the form also asks for pixels
Some forms want both, for example 200 × 230 pixels and under 50 KB. Resize by Width and height first and download, then open that file again and resize it by File size (KB). To change the shape of the photo, crop it first with Crop Image; for official photo sizes use the Passport Photo Maker.
Tips
- Start from the original photo, not a screenshot of it.
- Crop away the background: fewer pixels means more detail in the same KB.
- Signatures: scan or photograph on white paper, crop tightly and save as JPG.
- Several photos? Compress JPG makes a whole batch smaller by a chosen percentage.