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Compress images for the web without uploading them

How browser-based compression keeps photos private while still cutting file size for faster pages.

Heavy images are still one of the most common reasons a page feels slow. Shrinking JPG, PNG, and WebP before you publish is usually a bigger win than another caching tweak — especially on mobile networks.

Most online compressors upload every file to a remote server. That is convenient, but it also means product shots, portraits, and unpublished drafts leave your device even for a quick experiment. Browser compression skips that step: the file is decoded, re-encoded, and downloaded in the tab.

What actually gets smaller

Lossy formats (JPG, WebP) shrink when you lower quality or pick a more efficient codec. PNG shrinks less because it is lossless — you are mostly stripping metadata or converting away from PNG. Camera photos and screenshots that were never optimized usually drop 40–80%. Files that already went through a CDN optimizer may barely move.

  • Start around 70–80% quality for photographs.
  • Try WebP when the destination (your site, a modern CDN) accepts it.
  • Keep a master original if you will crop or color-correct later.
  • Compare the live preview at 100% zoom on faces and text, not just the kilobyte count.

When in-browser compression is the better default

Use it when the photo is unpublished, contains people, or belongs to a client. Filvo’s compressor re-encodes with Canvas on your device. You set quality, optionally convert formats, preview the result, and download — without creating a cloud gallery of uploads.

Dedicated landings lock a starting point: JPG for the web, a gentler quality slider, or a WebP destination. Same engine, less hunting through settings.

Steps

  1. Open the compressor. Drop a JPG, PNG, or WebP into Filvo’s image compressor.
  2. Set quality. Start near 75% and watch the preview plus the new file size.
  3. Download. Save the smaller file and keep the original if you still need it.

Ready to try it? Compress a JPG for the web.

Frequently asked questions

No. Filvo’s image compressor re-encodes in the browser. The file is not uploaded to our servers.