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How to get a photo under 50 KB for an application form

Exam, visa and job forms often ask for a photo under 50 KB, sometimes at a set shape. Crop the photo to the shape the form wants, then use Compress image to 50 KB, which finds the best quality that fits.

  1. 1Crop image
  2. 2Compress image to 50 KB
Start step 1: Crop image

Each step passes your file to the next, so you only add it once. Nothing is uploaded.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Crop it to the form’s shape

    Crop to a head-and-shoulders photo in the shape the form asks for, such as square or passport style. For a round profile photo, use Profile picture maker instead.

    Open Crop image
  2. 2

    Compress it to under 50 KB

    FileFleet tries quality levels and sizes until the photo is just under 50 KB, keeping as much detail as it can. For other limits, such as 20 KB or 100 KB, pick that size instead.

    Open Compress image to 50 KB

Questions

The form also says the photo must be, say, 200 × 230 pixels. How?

Use Resize image between the two steps and type the exact width and height, then compress it.

It’s an iPhone photo (HEIC). Does that work?

Yes. Both tools read HEIC, and the result is a JPG, which forms accept.

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