How to Compress Images on Windows for Faster Sharing

How to Compress Images on Windows for Faster Sharing

Large image files are a headache. They slow down your website, get rejected by email servers, and eat up your precious OneDrive or hard drive space.

If you're on Windows 10 or 11, there are several ways to shrink your images. Some are built-in, while others offer much better compression ratios without sacrificing quality.

1. Compressing via the "Send to Mail Recipient" Trick

This is an old-school Windows trick that still works for quickly shrinking photos to attach to an email.

1. Select your images in File Explorer.
2. Right-click and select Show more options > Send to > Mail recipient.
3. A small window will pop up asking what size you want (Small, Medium, Large).
4. Select a size and click Attach.
5. Windows will create compressed versions and open them in your default mail app. (You can then drag them out of the email to save them elsewhere).

2. Using the Photos App "Save As"

The Windows Photos app doesn't have a dedicated "Compress" button, but you can lower the quality when saving.

1. Open an image in Photos.
2. Click the ... (three dots) and choose Save as.
3. In the save dialog, if it's a JPG, you can sometimes find a quality slider (depending on your Windows version). Reducing it to 80% usually cuts the file size in half with almost no visible difference.

3. The Modern Way: imgKonvert (No Quality Loss)

The problem with the methods above is that they often make the image look blurry or pixelated. To get a tiny file size while keeping the image sharp, you need a smart compression algorithm.

1. Open the imgKonvert Image Compressor.
2. Drag in your JPG, PNG, or WebP files.
3. Our tool uses "lossy" but "visually lossless" compression. This means it removes data that the human eye can't even see.
4. You can often see reductions of 70% or more.
5. Everything happens with high speed and total privacy.

When Should You Compress?

• Before Uploading to a Website: Large images hurt your SEO and user experience.
• Sharing on Discord/Slack: Stay under the free file size limits.
• Saving Storage: If you have thousands of vacation photos, compressing them can save gigabytes of space.

Summary

While Windows has some "hacky" ways to shrink photos, using a dedicated tool like imgKonvert gives you much better results with zero installation required. Stop sending massive files and start optimizing!