Compress Image to 150 KB

150 KB gives an image enough room to stay sharp on screen, yet it is small enough for portals that cap uploads. It is a typical limit for resume photos on job sites, for listings on classifieds and marketplaces, and for scanned documents in online forms. Drop your images here and each one is saved as a JPG just under 150 KB.

Where a 150 KB limit shows up

• Resume and CV photos on job portals
• Listing photos for classifieds and marketplace ads
• Scanned certificates, mark sheets and ID proofs for online forms
• Photos for forms that accept a wide range such as 20 to 300 KB, where 150 KB is a safe middle

How to compress a photo to 150 KB

1. Drop your photos on the upload box, click to choose files, or paste an image with Ctrl+V. The target is already set to 150 KB.
2. For a scanned page, crop the empty margins first; for listing photos, choose Resize → Max and 1200 px so all images come out consistent.
3. Each image is compressed automatically; the file list shows the new size next to the original.
4. Drag the before/after slider to check the quality. The result line shows the new dimensions, the file size and the JPG quality that was used.
5. Click Download, or Download all (ZIP) when you compressed several images.

What fits in 150 KB

150 KB keeps a photo at about 1000 to 1200 px on the long side with high quality, enough for a sharp listing image or a detailed profile photo. A scanned A4 document at around 1200 px wide keeps normal text readable, especially when the scan is clean and white. Use JPG for scans and photos; PNG only makes sense for screenshots with few colours, and it will usually be much bigger than a JPG at the same size.

Behind the scenes the tool does not guess. If your photo is over 150 KB, it runs a quick search for the highest JPG quality (up to 80%) that still lands under the limit, keeping about 1.5% headroom so the portal's own byte count never tips it over. Only when even 35% quality is too big does it scale the width and height down, step by step, and search again. If you set an exact pixel size under Resize, the dimensions are never changed: the quality may go lower instead, and a warning appears if 150 KB cannot be reached at that size.

Tips for the best result at 150 KB

• Scan or photograph documents in good light with the page flat; a grey, shadowed page costs bytes and hurts readability.
• For a resume photo, crop to head and shoulders; the tool can then keep more quality for the face.
• Straighten crooked phone scans before compressing, so the text lines stay crisp.

Private, free and unlimited

Everything runs in your browser. Your photos are never uploaded, camera and location data (EXIF) are removed from every result, and there is no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit.

Need to send several scans as one file? Combine them with image to PDF. For a square profile photo use the 400 × 400 resizer, or tighten the limit with compress to 100 KB.