Compress Image to 2 MB

Two megabytes leaves room for a detailed photo while still trimming the file. The dimensions stay at full size unless the target forces otherwise.

Two megabytes keeps a detailed photograph large and useful while still trimming what a camera originally wrote. For JPEG and WebP, the full-size image is tried first, quality is spent before pixels, and only a stubborn target forces the picture smaller. Every figure shown comes from a real encode.

  • Upload the image with the 2 MB preset already chosen.
  • Keep Preserve Dimensions on for a full-size first attempt; pixels are reduced only if quality alone cannot reach 2 MB.
  • Press Apply Compression and wait for the measured numbers.
  • Check Result against two megabytes, then download from the header.

What the options do

Target File Size
The 2 MB chip is selected up front. For JPEG and WebP, encodes at full quality are tried first; only if they overshoot does quality fall toward the floor, and only past that does the grid shrink.
Why the file may barely change
A modern camera JPEG can already sit near two megabytes, and a file under the target keeps its own bytes rather than being encoded again. The Result figure simply confirms the upload already meets the budget.

Use this page when the picture matters as much as the budget: the dimensions are left alone when quality can reach the target, quality is spent only as far as it must be, and the preview is there to judge before you download. The original upload remains available through Reset.

Common questions

Does a 2 MB limit keep full resolution?
Not always. The target is about bytes, not pixels: width and height are kept when quality alone can reach 2 MB, but if the quality search exhausts itself, the grid is scaled down to fit.
Can I combine this with a resize?
Yes. Turn off Preserve Dimensions, choose a percentage under Reduce Dimensions, and the run compresses at that smaller size in the same pass — usually the largest single saving available.
Is WebP worth choosing instead?
Often. At comparable quality WebP usually encodes smaller than JPEG, and the Output Format row can switch the run without leaving this panel. The result is still measured before you download it.

Other sizes: Compress to 50 KB, Compress to 100 KB, Compress to 200 KB, Compress to 1 MB, All compression options

All image processing happens in your browser. Your image is never uploaded, and there is no signup.