Compress image to 2 MB

Two megabytes covers the YouTube thumbnail limit and the default upload cap on many CMS installs. Most camera JPEGs exceed it because they are saved at quality 95 or above; re-encoding at 85 usually halves the size with no visible difference. Photos stay at their original pixel size unless they are truly enormous.

At 2 MB you can expect full camera resolution, 3000 px and beyond. The exact number depends on how much fine detail the image has: skies and plain walls compress well, foliage and fabric don't.

1. Drop or paste the image. Nothing is uploaded; the work happens in your browser, even offline.
2. The tool encodes the image as JPEG at several quality levels and keeps the one that lands just under 2 MB.
3. If even the lowest acceptable quality is too big, it reduces the pixels a little and tries again, so the result is the largest image that fits.
4. Download the file, or share it straight into WhatsApp or the form on a phone.

Every result shows the final size and pixel dimensions before you download. Need a fixed pixel size too? Set Resize to Exact size (crop) and type the width and height.

This limit is common for YouTube thumbnails (2 MB limit on mobile), WordPress and marketplace uploads. If the portal also lists a minimum size (for example "20 KB to 50 KB"), open More options and fill in Min (KB): the tool pads the JPEG so it is never rejected for being too small, without touching the pixels.