Compress Photos for Email Gmail
Compressing photos for email in Gmail helps when image attachments are too large or when several photos make the message heavy.
Pick the PDF, image, or video you want to email. The size check is free.
Email size result
- Files
- Not selected
- Total size
- 0 MB
- Email service
- Most email services
- Safe email target
- Safe target: 20 MB
- Compression needed
- Choose a file and we will show this.
Your result will appear here after you choose a file.
Optional
Sending to work or school?
You do not normally need this. If you are sending to a work, school, or company address, paste it here and we will check the mail service when we can.
You can leave this empty. It is only here if you want to check a work, school, or company email address.
Optional Devenia help
Rather have us make the smaller copy?
The check and advice above are free. You can try the changes yourself, or ask Devenia to make a smaller copy for you.
We use this to send the finished file and receipt.
What this page is for
This page is for photo attachments that need to fit Gmail. Resizing dimensions and using a sensible JPG quality setting usually reduces the file without making the photo look broken.
Keep originals separately, then send the smaller copies.
How to handle it
- Check the size of each photo and the total message size.
- Resize very large photos before changing quality.
- Use JPG for normal photos unless transparency is needed.
- Open the smaller image and zoom in on important detail.
- Attach the smaller copies and check the total Gmail message size.
What to check before sending
- Open the smaller file before sending it.
- Check the final file size, not just the compression setting.
- Keep the original file until the recipient confirms the smaller copy works.
- Make sure important text, faces, forms, signatures, or charts are still clear.