Resize an image to 30 KB
Set to 30 KB already. Choose a photo and the tool shrinks the frame — and the quality if it has to — until the file sits just under 30 KB.
What 30 KB means in pixels
30 KB is the size people type when a form says "photo under 50 KB" or "image not more than 100 KB" and they want to know the frame, not the JPEG slider. A passport-style picture at sensible dimensions usually fits; a phone photo at full resolution does not, until the width comes down.
Why shrinking the frame beats crushing the quality
A 4000-pixel phone photo forced into 30 KB on quality alone turns to mush, because there are too many pixels to describe. Dropping the width first — 800, 600, 400 — keeps edges readable. The tool does that when quality alone cannot get under the limit.
Your image is never uploaded
The resize happens in your browser. The image is never transmitted, never stored, and disappears when you close the tab — which matters, because a file with a size limit attached is usually an identity document.
What fits inside 30 KB
A JPEG spends bytes on detail, so the number of pixels 30 KB can hold depends entirely on how busy the picture is. These are the rough budgets, and they are why a signature can stay large while a photograph of the same size limit has to shrink.
| Kind of image | Pixels it can afford | Roughly, at 4:3 |
|---|---|---|
| Signature or line drawing | 614,400 | about 910 × 680 |
| Passport or ID photo | 256,000 | about 580 × 440 |
| Scanned document page | 153,600 | about 450 × 340 |
| Detailed photograph | 93,091 | about 350 × 260 |
Estimates from typical JPEG output at everyday quality. A detailed photograph gets about 93,091 pixels to work with at 30 KB — near enough 350 × 260. Anything bigger has to give up either dimensions or detail, and dimensions are almost always the better thing to give up.
Common questions
How do I resize a photo to 30 KB?
Choose the file on this page. The target is already 30 KB. The tool drops quality first and then the dimensions, so the file lands just under the limit instead of overshooting a form that will reject it.
What width and height fit in 30 KB?
It depends on how busy the picture is. A detailed photograph needs fewer pixels than a signature at the same file size. The table on this page is the working estimate; the tool measures your actual file.
How small do the dimensions have to go to fit 30 KB?
Around 350 by 260 for a detailed photograph, and much larger — around 910 by 680 — for a signature or a flat scan. The tool measures your file instead of guessing.
Why does the resized file sit just under 30 KB instead of on it?
Because the form rejects anything over 30 KB. The tool treats the number as a ceiling and stops once it is close, rather than risking an overshoot that gets the upload bounced.
Other size targets
- Compress to a sizeAny size you type
- 50 KB in pixelsWidth and height at 20, 50, 100, 240 KB
- Compress to 10 KBPre-set to 10 KB
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- Compress to 300 KBPre-set to 300 KB
- Compress to 500 KBPre-set to 500 KB
- Compress to 1000 KBPre-set to 1000 KB
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