What 200 KB is enough for
200 KB is enough for a sharp photo at the size of a laptop screen. It is a common limit for job portals, CV uploads and forums, and a sensible size for photos on a website.
| Limit | Bytes |
|---|---|
| 200 KB, counted as 1000 bytes per KB | 200,000 bytes |
| 200 KB, counted as 1024 bytes per KB | 204,800 bytes |
| This tool keeps the file under | 200,000 bytes |
Smaller files for websites
On a web page every photo has to load. A photo of 200 KB instead of several megabytes loads quickly on a phone and still looks sharp on a screen.
Quality first, then pixels
A JPG or WebP file gets smaller in two ways: a lower quality, which drops fine detail the eye hardly sees, or fewer pixels. The tool lowers the quality first, only as far as the photo still looks good, and then makes the photo smaller. Tick “Keep the dimensions” when the size in pixels must stay; then only the quality goes down.
When the photo itself is the problem
Compression makes a photo lighter, not better: it cannot fix a blurry, dark or badly framed picture. If the photo is for a CV, a profile or an application and you have no good one, a professional headshot made from a few selfies gives you one.