How to Compress Images for Email Attachments
Avoid the 'Attachment Too Large' Error
Most email providers (like Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo) impose strict limits on attachment sizes, often capping them at 20MB or 25MB total. Sending a few high-resolution photos straight from your phone can easily exceed this limit, causing your email to bounce. PhotoDiet optimizes your photos specifically for email transmission, shrinking their size up to 90% while keeping text and faces perfectly readable so your messages deliver without a hitch.
Prepare Email Photos Instantly
- Step 1: Select the photos you want to email.
- Step 2: Our compressor scales the dimensions and optimizes visual density in seconds.
- Step 3: Review the compressed file sizes to ensure they are comfortably below the email limit.
- Step 4: Download and attach them to your email.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is there a limit on how many photos I can compress for email?
A: No. You can compress as many photos as you need. Since the compression runs client-side in your own browser, there are no usage limits or server queues.
Q: Will email clients compress my photos anyway?
A: Some email clients try to compress attachments, but they often do a poor job, resulting in highly pixelated and ugly photos. Compressing them with PhotoDiet first gives you control over the final quality.
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