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Compress JPEG to 200 KB
Room for a real photograph, still under a strict form limit.
More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.Add to Chrome
How to convert Compress JPEG to 200 KB
- Drop the photo, or choose it from your device.
- Press Compress — the target is already 200 KB.
- Download the file, now under the limit.
What happens to your file
Two hundred kilobytes is the friendliest of the strict limits. It is enough for a photograph to keep its detail, which is why university applications, older content management systems and a good many government forms settle on it.
A JPG, PNG or WebP never leaves your device. The browser decodes it and a bounded search lowers the encoder quality — at most six probes — until the file fits.
Most photographs reach 200 KB on quality alone, with every pixel still in place. Only a very large image forces the dimensions down, and the result tells you when that happened.
If the form quoted its limit in megabytes rather than kilobytes, check before you compress: 0.2 MB and 200 KB are the same budget, but 2 MB is ten times more room than this page takes.
Questions
Will I see the difference at 200 KB?
On a typical photograph, rarely. Two hundred kilobytes is enough for a well-exposed picture at ordinary web dimensions to look untouched. Large flat areas such as skies are where any artefacts appear first.
Is 200 KB the same as 0.2 MB?
Yes, near enough for any upload form. If a page asks for 0.2 MB it will accept a 200 KB file.
Can I keep the image dimensions?
Usually, yes. At this target the quality search almost always succeeds before the pixels have to be touched, and the page says so when it does have to resize.
Is it really not uploaded?
For JPG, PNG and WebP, correct — the page works with your network unplugged. The privacy sweep in our test suite asserts that no host is contacted.
What about a PNG screenshot?
A screenshot of text is better served by staying a PNG, or by becoming a WebP. JPG blurs sharp edges, and at 200 KB a full-screen screenshot will show it around the lettering.
Do it once, not on every form
A form that wants a square JPEG under 240 KB says so on the page. The Fylane extension reads that, fits your photo to it, and puts it in the field — without you working out what 240 KB looks like.
And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.
Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.
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Do this in code
curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"file_id": "<file id>",
"operation": "image.convert",
"options": {
"target_bytes": 204800
}
}'The same operation, image.convert — Re-encode to WebP, JPEG, PNG or AVIF at your quality. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.