Compress Image to 50 KB

Common limits

Most application photos must be 20–50 KB, sometimes with a set pixel size. Use the “Passport photo” preset when the form asks for 3.5 × 4.5 cm.

How to compress a photo to 50 KB

1. Drop the photo on the box — the “Any photo under 50 KB” preset is already set.
2. If the form gives a size in pixels, type it into Max width and Max height.
3. Crop if needed, then download. The new size is shown next to the old one.

Keeping quality

Quality is lowered in small steps until the photo fits, and it is resized only if needed. At 50 KB a face photo for a form keeps plenty of detail, so most people never see a difference. Start from the best original you have: a photo already squeezed by WhatsApp has lost detail that compression can't bring back.

Photos that keep getting rejected

When a portal still refuses a photo that is under 50 KB, the size is rarely the problem. Look at the other rules in the notification: the file type (choose JPG under Output format if yours is PNG or HEIC), the pixel dimensions, a plain light background, and how much of the frame your face should fill. Some forms also want the photo to be recent, or to show your name and the date it was taken.

Several photos

Drop them all at once — each is compressed to the limit and you can download them together as a ZIP. That is useful when you are filling forms for the whole family, or preparing photos for several applications at once.

Other sizes

Signatures usually have a lower limit, so use Compress image to 20 KB for those. If the document has to go in as a PDF, put the photos together with JPG to PDF.