Compress an image to 1 MB
Reduce image size to under 1 MB for email, a website or a form. It passes whether a site counts 1 MB as 1,000,000 or 1,048,576 bytes. Free, nothing uploaded.
Reduce image size to under 1 MB for email, a website or a form. It passes whether a site counts 1 MB as 1,000,000 or 1,048,576 bytes. Free, nothing uploaded.
To compress a photo to 1 MB, SafeResize saves it as a JPG of 1,000,000 bytes or less, which is under 1 MB whether a website counts 1 MB as 1,000,000 or 1,048,576 bytes.
| 1 MB in bytes | 1,000,000 bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes when 1 MB is counted as 1,024 KB, as Windows does |
|---|---|
| 1 MB in KB | 1,000 KB, or 1,024 KB as Windows counts |
| The photo you download | 1,000,000 bytes or less, so both counts accept it. Windows shows it as 976.6 KB or less. |
| Width and height | Up to 3200 pixels on the long side. They stay the same while the JPG quality can stay at 55% or more. Below that, the photo is made smaller so it does not turn blocky. |
| Official photo rules on SafeResize with 1 MB | As the largest file: India e-Visa, Morocco e-Visa, Nigeria e-Visa and Uzbekistan e-Visa. |
Phone cameras save photos of 3 MB, 5 MB or more, while many forms and upload boxes stop at 1 MB. Going under 1 MB removes most of the size, and the photo usually looks the same on a screen.
1 MB is counted two ways: 1,000,000 bytes or 1,048,576 bytes. The tool below opens with "Under 1 MB" chosen and keeps the file under 1,000,000 bytes, which passes both.
Both counts are in use. Windows counts 1 MB as 1,024 KB, while phones and Macs count 1,000 KB. SafeResize keeps the file under 1,000,000 bytes, so either count accepts it.
At 1 MB most photos look nearly the same on a screen. The result page shows a preview, the size before and after, and the quality used.
Yes. Choose JPG for the smallest file, or PNG under "More options" if the website asks for it. A PNG photo is hard to shrink without lowering its size in pixels, so the tool may make the picture a little smaller.