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Reduce GIF File Size

Compress animated GIFs by up to 80% while keeping them looking great. Upload your GIF, choose your target size, and download the smaller version.

Compress GIF

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Make Your GIFs Small Enough to Share

Animated GIFs have a size problem. A three-second screen recording can easily be 10MB or more, and that is too large for most platforms. Discord limits uploads to 8MB on free accounts. Slack compresses large GIFs into blurry thumbnails. Email clients reject attachments over 10-25MB. Twitter and forum platforms have their own limits. You end up with a GIF that looks great but cannot be shared anywhere.

Our compressor reduces GIF file size through multiple optimization techniques applied in combination. It reduces the color palette to the minimum needed, removes duplicate frames, optimizes the frame delay timing, applies lossy compression to reduce pixel data, and strips unnecessary metadata. The result is a GIF that is dramatically smaller while looking nearly identical to the original. Most users cannot tell the difference at typical viewing sizes.

You control the quality-size trade-off. Drag the quality slider to find the sweet spot between visual fidelity and file size. A real-time preview shows you exactly what the compressed GIF will look like before you download it. Processing happens entirely in your browser, so your GIFs are never uploaded to a server. Your screen recordings and reaction GIFs stay private.

Smart GIF Compression

Maximum reduction, minimum quality loss

Up to 80% Reduction

Advanced algorithms compress GIFs dramatically while preserving visual quality.

Quality Slider

Control the compression level. Balance file size against quality for your use case.

Real-Time Preview

See the compressed result before downloading. Compare original and compressed side by side.

Color Optimization

Reduces the color palette to the minimum needed without visible color banding.

Frame Optimization

Removes duplicate frames and optimizes delta encoding between frames.

No Upload Required

Compression runs entirely in your browser. Your GIFs are never sent to a server.

How to Reduce GIF Size

Smaller GIFs in three steps

1

Upload Your GIF

Drag and drop or select the animated GIF you want to compress.

2

Adjust Quality

Use the slider to find the right balance between file size and visual quality.

3

Download Compressed GIF

Download your smaller GIF ready for sharing on any platform.

When You Need Smaller GIFs

Sharing screen recordings on Discord under the 8MB limit
Embedding animated tutorials in email campaigns
Adding reaction GIFs to Slack without quality loss
Optimizing GIF animations for faster web page loading
Meeting upload limits on forums and social platforms
Reducing GIF assets for mobile apps and presentations

GIF Compression FAQ

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