Compress an image to 500 KB
Bring a large photo under 500 KB while keeping its full resolution in most cases. Free, fast, and the photo stays on your device.
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Half a megabyte is plenty for one photograph. Phone and camera images are often ten times that only because they are saved at very high quality. Lowering it slightly usually gets under 500 KB at full resolution, and this page finds exactly how far it has to go.
Where 500 KB limits appear
Marketplaces and classifieds that cap each listing photo.
Older forum software and content systems.
Email clients that warn about large inline images.
Questions
Does it change the dimensions?
Only if quality alone cannot reach 500 KB, which is rare for a single photo at this size.