JPEG Compressor online

What JPEG Compressor does

Image compression makes a file smaller so it uploads faster, loads quicker on a web page and fits the size limits of forms, email and chat apps. The picture is decoded to pixels and saved again with stronger compression.

JPG files are encoded with MozJPEG, which produces smaller files than standard JPG encoders at the same quality. PNG files are reduced to a palette of at most 256 colors, and the PNG Compressor can also optimize them without changing any pixel. If the result is not smaller and the format stays the same, you get the original file back.

How to use JPEG Compressor

1. Drop the files you want to make smaller.
2. Choose a compression level, or keep the recommended setting.
3. Click Compress and compare the old and new file sizes.
4. Download the smaller files.

When to use JPEG Compressor

• Shrink phone photos of several megabytes before attaching them to an email or uploading them to a form with a size limit.
• Reduce product images and blog photos so web pages load faster and score better in page speed tests.
• Make PNG screenshots smaller for documentation, support tickets and chat messages while keeping the text easy to read.
• Prepare a batch of images for a website by limiting all of them to a maximum width, such as 1920 pixels.

Settings explained

Output format

Shown in the Image Compressor. Same as input keeps the format. Choosing WEBP or AVIF instead usually gives a much smaller file than JPG or PNG at similar visual quality.

Quality

Sets the compression strength for JPG, WEBP and AVIF, from 10 to 100. The default of 75 is a good balance; 60 to 70 gives smaller files for web use, and 85 or more suits printing.

Compression mode

Shown in the PNG Compressor. Smaller (lossy) reduces the image to a limited color palette and gives the biggest savings. Lossless keeps every pixel exactly and only optimizes how the data is stored.

Colors

Shown in Smaller (lossy) mode. Sets the palette size from 8 to 256 colors; the default is 256. Screenshots and graphics often look the same at 64 to 128 colors, while photos need 256.

Max width (0 = keep)

Scales down images that are wider than this number of pixels, keeping the aspect ratio. Narrower images are not enlarged. For web pages, 1600 to 2000 pixels is usually enough; 0 keeps the original size.

What is JPG?

JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is an image format introduced by JPEG in 1992. It uses lossy compression and has no transparency. Files use the .jpg or .jpeg extension.

JPG, also written JPEG, is named after the Joint Photographic Experts Group, which wrote the standard. It splits an image into small blocks, transforms each block with a discrete cosine transform and discards the fine detail that the eye notices least. A quality setting controls how much detail is removed and therefore the file size.

JPG is the standard choice for photographs and other images with smooth color gradients, such as camera pictures, product photos and images for email or social media. It gives small files with good visual quality at moderate settings.

JPG does not support transparency or animation. Each time a JPG is edited and saved again, it loses a little more quality. Text, line art and sharp edges can show visible blocks or halos at low quality settings.

JPG is supported everywhere: in all web browsers, on all desktop and mobile operating systems, and on cameras, phones and printers. All image editors and office programs open it. It is the most compatible format for sharing photos.

Why use FansBond JPEG Compressor

Most online converters upload your files to their servers. FansBond JPEG Compressor does the work inside your browser instead, using WebAssembly and modern browser APIs. Your files stay on your device, which is safer for private photos, contracts and unreleased work, and it is often faster because nothing has to upload or download.

There are no queues, no watermarks and no account. Once the page has loaded, the tool keeps working even on a slow connection.

Tips for the best result

• Reducing the width often saves more than lowering the quality. A 4000-pixel phone photo shown at 1200 pixels wastes most of its data.
• Avoid compressing the same JPG again and again. Each save loses a little more detail, so always start from the original file.
• For photos saved as PNG, converting to JPG, WEBP or AVIF usually saves far more than any PNG setting, as long as you do not need transparency.
• Saving as JPG fills transparent areas with white. Keep PNG, WEBP or AVIF output for logos and graphics with a transparent background.

How JPEG Compressor works in your browser

When you add an image, the browser decodes it into raw pixels on your device. HEIC photos are decoded with a browser build of libheif, and AVIF with the libavif decoder. The pixels are then processed on an HTML canvas and encoded again in the format you picked.

JPG, PNG and WebP are encoded with your browser's built-in encoders, and AVIF with libavif compiled to WebAssembly. The compressors add MozJPEG for smaller JPG files and OxiPNG for lossless PNG optimization. Because everything runs locally, the speed depends on your device rather than on a server queue.

Privacy and security

Most online converters upload your files to a server, process them there and keep a copy for some time. JPEG Compressor works differently: the code is downloaded to your browser once, and your files are read and written only on your device.

You can check this yourself: after the page has loaded, turn off your internet connection and the tool still works. This makes it safe for contracts, IDs, medical records, private photos and unreleased work.