Reduce any JPG photo to 500KB or less with iterative target-size compression — private, free, and entirely in your browser.
JPG is the easiest format to compress to a small target. Shrink44 re-encodes your JPG at the optimal quality to hit a 500KB ceiling, reducing resolution only if necessary.
This is the fastest way to prepare a JPG for forms and portals that cap uploads at 500KB.
Compress your file in under a minute — 100% in your browser.
Shrink44 opens ready to compress.
Add the JPEG photo.
Type 500 and choose KB.
Shrink44 binary-searches the best JPEG quality.
Save the JPG, now under 500KB.
Designed for fast, private, no-signup file size reduction.
Optimal JPEG quality that fits the limit.
Baseline JPEG accepted everywhere.
Auto-resize only if needed.
Photo never uploaded.
Apply a 500KB target to many JPGs.
No signup, no watermark.
Open Shrink44, drop your JPG, set the target to 500 KB, and click Compress.
Shrink44 keeps the maximum quality that fits, so for typical form photos the result still looks clear.
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Free forever. 100% private. No signup. Files never leave your device.
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