Compress PNG

Shrink PNG files by 50-70% with transparency kept, or repack them without changing a single pixel. It all runs in your browser - for photos, Compress JPG squeezes even harder.

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Before and after

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Your files

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How to Compress a PNG

  1. Add your PNGs. Drop one or up to 50 PNG files, browse for them, or paste a screenshot with Ctrl+V.
  2. Pick a mode. Smart (the default) reduces the colours to a palette - usually 50-70% smaller and hard to tell apart. Lossless keeps every pixel.
  3. Compare. Click a file and drag across the before and after view. Use 100% to check gradients and edges.
  4. Download. Save files one by one, or press Download - three or more files come as one ZIP.

Smart (Lossy) or Lossless PNG Compression?

SmartLossless
HowUp to 256 colours, ditheredSame pixels, packed tighter
Typical saving50-70%5-30%
TransparencyKeptKept
Best forScreenshots, logos, stickers, web imagesPixel art, images you will edit again

We measured Smart on our own sample files: a 1.1 MB sticker went to 323 KB (72% smaller), a screenshot dropped 53% and a logo 68%.

Images that already use 256 colours or fewer are packed without any loss in both modes. Gradients may show slight banding at low colour counts - dithering hides it.

Compress a PNG to 100 KB or 200 KB

Open Target file size and pick a limit. The tool lowers the number of colours step by step and keeps the best result that fits.

If it still does not fit, it shrinks the width and height a little - or you can keep the dimensions. For an exact size in pixels, use the Image Resizer first.

When PNG Is the Wrong Format

Photos

A photo saved as PNG is often 5-10x bigger than a JPG. Convert it with PNG to JPG.

Websites

WebP keeps transparency and is smaller still. Try PNG to WebP or PNG to AVIF.

Logos and icons

Keep PNG - it stays crisp. Smart compression is made for exactly these images.

Already have WebP or AVIF files? Compress WebP and Compress AVIF shrink those, and Compress HEIC handles iPhone photos.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pick Lossless. The tool finds the smallest PNG type and the best filters, so every pixel stays exactly the same. Expect 5-30% - for more, Smart mode reduces colours in a way that is very hard to see.

Yes. Both modes keep full and partial transparency, including soft shadows and anti-aliased edges.

With Smart mode, screenshots, logos and stickers usually get 50-70% smaller. Photos saved as PNG shrink too, but converting them to JPG or WebP saves far more.

Yes - it uses the same idea: a smart colour palette of up to 256 colours with dithering. It runs in your browser, has no monthly limit, and adds a lossless mode, a target size and a before and after view.

If the result would be bigger, the tool keeps your original instead - PNGs that were already optimised cannot shrink much more. It can still drop hidden text chunks losslessly.

Yes. Open Target file size, choose 100 KB and the tool lowers the colours, and only if needed the dimensions, until the file fits.

No. Your PNGs are decoded and compressed inside your browser and never leave your device.

Guides & Tutorials

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