Large images slow down websites and consume storage. By compressing your images you can keep your site fast without sacrificing visual fidelity. Modern image formats like WebP can achieve smaller file sizes than JPEG or PNG for the same quality.
When compressing images, consider the following:
- Choose the right format: JPEG is great for photographs; PNG is ideal for graphics with transparency; WebP offers both lossy and lossless options with excellent compression.
- Balance quality and size: A quality setting between 70–85% often delivers a good trade‑off. Lower settings will show artefacts.
- Resize before compressing: There’s no need to store images at 6000px when they’re displayed at 1200px. Use our Image Resizer first, then compress.
- Remove metadata: Metadata adds bytes. Use our EXIF Metadata Remover to strip metadata safely.
Try our Image Compressor for a quick, privacy‑friendly way to shrink your files without leaving the browser.