How to Lighten Photos When Sending Many by Email
Key points
- Keep the total around 10 MB
- Set image size to around 1600px
- With many photos, split across emails
Phone photos can be 3–8 MB each, so a few reach an email limit.
Steps
- In "Compress & Resize Images", choose all the photos you want to send.
- Set size to "1600px" and quality to "Normal".
- Tap "Compress" and save as a ZIP or one by one.
- Attach the saved images to your email.
Total size guideline
Staying around 10 MB works for most mail services. The size after compression is shown on screen so you can check the total.
With many photos
- Split into emails of 5–10 photos each
- You can also send one ZIP (check the recipient can open it)
If the recipient wants to print
If they will print, don't shrink too much; use "2000px".
Use "Compress & Resize Images" (free)Tools that go well with this
- Crop & Rotate Image: Crop an image to any area or ratio, and rotate it.
- Convert Image Format (JPG, PNG, WebP): Convert images to JPG, PNG or WebP, several at once.
- Photos to PDF: Combine several photos into one PDF in the order you choose. You can rotate, reorder and set a size limit.
More guides for this tool
- How to Reduce Image File Size (Compress and Resize)
- How to Get an Image Under 1 MB or 500 KB
- Recommended Image Dimensions (px) by Use
- Adjusting File Size and Dimensions of ID and Portrait Photos
- Does Compressing Images Lower Quality? How to Keep Loss Unnoticeable
- How to Compress Images Without Sending Them Anywhere