A JPG file can be reduced in size. By reducing a JPG file you reduce the file size, which has several advantages.
JPG is the most common image file type in use today. For example, a JPG image is often used on the internet but also in photography. This is because a JPG file supports the lossy compression technique.
The lossy technique is a method of data compression in which some information from the original file is lost to reduce file size. This type of compression is often effective at significantly reducing the size of images, videos and audio files, but it introduces quality loss that depends on the degree of compression.
A JPG image is therefore already compressed with some matting and is therefore often smaller in file size than other types of image files. Still, you can reduce the size of a JPG file even more without losing quality. This guide shows you how to reduce the size of a JPG file in Windows 11 or 10.
Reduce JPG images by compressing the image
To reduce the size of the JPG image we use File Optimizer. FileOptimizer is an advanced file optimizer with lossless (no quality loss) file size reduction.
You can use FileOptimizer for free in Windows 11 and 10. There are some advantages to FileOptimizer.
So you can use this app for free, you can perform bulk optimizations and it supports many more file types than just JPG files. You can use it to optimize other image types, as well as media files such as videos, documents, etc.
First install FileOptimizer on your computer, after installation open the app.
After you open the app for the first time, I recommend always making sure files are backed up before shrinking. You can do this via the settings. In the menu, click on “Optimize” and then on “Options”.
Disable the option “Do not create backups”. This option is on by default and prevents backups from being made. So disable this option to make backups of files that are being reduced.
Now return to the FileOptimizer home screen by closing the options.
Click on “File” in the menu and then on “Add files” or “Add folders”. If you have all the files you want to reduce in a separate folder, select “add folder”.
Now select the JPG file and add it to the list of files to optimize. Right-click anywhere in the list and click “Optimize all files” to shrink all files in this list.
You will see multiple columns in the window after compressing the JPG files. This way you can see the file type, the original size of the files and the status. The status column shows the final size of the JPG file after compression.
The JPG file is now reduced in size without loss of quality. I hope this helped you. Thank you for reading!
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