File size limit

Compress an image to under 200 KB when the limit is strict

200 KB is a limit that older upload forms still ask for, and it is tight enough that compression alone often cannot reach it. This page opens on the whole image with a 200 KB target, so the first question it answers is whether quality is enough: press Fit and Cropy either reports the quality it settled on or tells you the smallest file it could make. When the answer is no, the dimensions are the reason, and the fix is a smaller image rather than a lower quality.

How to get a photo under 200 KB

Steps

Ask whether quality alone is enough

Load the image and press Fit. If a quality fits, you are done and the number is on screen. If nothing fits, Cropy names the size it reached at the lowest quality, which is the honest answer that a slider alone would take a dozen attempts to give you.

  • The search encodes a handful of qualities, halving the range each time.
  • A quality low enough to fit but ugly is still shown as the measured result, not hidden.
  • Nothing is uploaded: every encode happens in this browser.

Bring the dimensions down, then compress

A 200 KB budget suits an image of roughly web-page size, not a full-resolution camera file. Switch to the crop workflow, set the width and height the destination actually shows, then come back and fit the quality to the target.

  • Fewer pixels lower the file size far faster than lower quality does.
  • Crop instead of resizing when only part of the picture matters.
  • The output line always shows the dimensions the file will have.

Change the format when the source is a PNG

A PNG screenshot is often several megabytes and has no quality control at all. Exporting the same picture as JPEG or WebP puts it under a size limit that PNG cannot reach, and this page starts on JPEG for exactly that reason.

  • PNG hides the quality control, because the format has no quality parameter.
  • WebP usually fits at a higher quality than JPEG at this size.
  • Interface text stays sharper in WebP than in a heavily compressed JPEG.

Short answers

How do I compress a photo to under 200 KB?

Load it here and press Fit. If a quality fits the target, Cropy applies it. If none does, it reports the smallest file it could produce, which means the dimensions have to come down.

Why does my photo not fit at any quality?

Because file size follows the number of pixels as much as the quality. A full-resolution photo has more detail than 200 KB can hold. Reduce the dimensions in the crop workflow and try again.

My file is a PNG and there is no quality control.

PNG has no quality parameter, so the control is hidden for it. Choose JPEG or WebP on this page and the target size becomes reachable.

Does Cropy upload the image to compress it?

No. Every encode during the search and the final download happen in your browser.