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Compress JPG to 200KB

Quality stays good for most photos and scans

Pre-filled: target 200 KB, JPG output. Change either once you add a photo.

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About this task

200 KB is a roomy limit for web uploads such as a profile picture, a document scan or a product photo. At this size most photos keep their look; what changes is mainly the pixel count of very large originals.

A 12-megapixel phone photo carries far more pixels than 200 KB can hold at good quality, so expect the tool to bring it down to something like a screen-sized picture. That is plenty for viewing on a screen but not for large prints, so keep the original if you will print it.

If your original is already a JPG just over 200 KB, the quality search finds a setting that fits with no visible difference to most people. The same applies to a screenshot saved as a JPG.

Compressing a JPG again always loses a little detail. Do it once, from your best original, rather than repeatedly compressing an already compressed copy.

How to do it

  1. Add your photo or photos. JPG, PNG, WebP and other common formats open, and you can add several at once.
  2. The target is already set to 200 KB and the output is JPG. Change either if your site needs something else.
  3. Press Compress. Quality is lowered first, and the picture is made smaller only if quality alone is not enough.
  4. Check the size shown for each image, then download. Several images come as one ZIP.

Compress image is a DocPro Pro tool on the web. You can open it, choose your file and set every option without an account; the final step asks you to sign in to DocPro Pro (A$5.99/month after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime). Free tools never ask.

Frequently asked questions

Will 200 KB look sharp on a phone screen?

For most photos, yes. Very large originals are scaled down first, which is fine for screen viewing.

Can I keep the original size and only lower quality?

The tool tries that first. It only reduces pixel size if lowering quality to its limit is still too big.

Does it remove location data?

When the tool re-saves a photo through the browser, its metadata is normally dropped, but a file already under the target is kept as it is. For a guaranteed check use the Clean photo metadata tool, which shows what was removed.

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