Compress GIF
Shrink animated GIFs to the size you need, right in your browser.
Your files never leave this device. Nothing is uploaded.
What it’s for
Made for the photos you actually have
Chat and emoji limits
Discord, Slack and other chat apps cap the size of GIFs and custom emoji. Pick a target such as 256 KB and the GIF is squeezed until the upload goes through.
Faster web pages
A heavy GIF is often the slowest thing on a page. A smaller one loads sooner on phones and keeps the same loop.
Email and documents
Mail services and slide decks choke on big attachments. Bring a screen recording down to 1 MB so it fits in the message.
Forums and profiles
Many forums and profile pages only accept small GIFs. Shrink a reaction GIF without cutting the punchline out of the loop.
How to compress a GIF
Add your GIFs
Pick or drop up to 20 GIFs at once. They open in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.
Choose a target size
Pick 256 KB, 1 MB, 5 MB or your own size, and say how much the look matters to you.
Download
Each GIF is compressed until it fits. Save them one by one, or all at once as a ZIP file.
Why UnblurPix
Private by design
The compression runs on your own device. Your GIFs are never sent to a server, so they can’t leak or be kept.
Hits the size you ask for
You choose the file size instead of guessing at a quality number. We try fewer colors first, then a smaller size, then fewer frames.
Keeps the timing
When frames have to go, the ones that stay are shown longer, so the animation keeps its speed.
Free with no limits
No account, no watermark and no daily cap. Compress as many GIFs as your device can handle.
How GIF compression works
A GIF is a stack of pictures shown one after another. Each frame can use only a limited palette of colors, and the pixels are packed with a simple, lossless method. That is why GIFs get big so fast: every frame is a full picture, and photos or screen recordings with smooth shading don’t pack well.
There are three ways to make a GIF smaller, and each costs something different. Fewer colors shrinks the palette, which is barely visible on cartoons, logos and screen recordings but can make gradients look banded. Smaller dimensions cuts the number of pixels in every frame, which saves the most space and keeps the full animation. Fewer frames drops some pictures and shows the rest longer, which keeps the timing but makes motion a little choppier.
This tool tries them in that order. It starts with the gentlest change, checks the size, and only goes further when the GIF is still above your target. The result is the best-looking GIF we can make that fits the size you picked.
Choosing a target size
Pick the size from where the GIF is going, not from a guess:
- Under 256 KB suits custom emoji, stickers and avatars, where chat apps set strict limits.
- Under 1 MB suits reaction GIFs, forum posts and most web pages.
- Under 5 MB suits screen recordings and product demos you send by email or put in a document.
If none of these match, choose Custom and type the size in KB. The quality slider decides how far we are allowed to go with colors before shrinking the picture. Toward Smaller file, we use fewer colors sooner; toward Better looking, we keep more colors and shrink the size instead.
Setting the width yourself
By default we keep the original width and only shrink it when we have to. If you already know the size the GIF will be shown at, type that width. A GIF shown at a few hundred pixels wide never needs to be twice as wide in the file, and setting the width up front usually leaves more room for colors and frames.
A good rule of thumb is to match the width of the space the GIF will fill. A chat message, a forum post and a blog column are all narrower than most screen recordings, so cutting the width to fit them costs nothing you would ever see. Keep the original width only when people will open the GIF on its own at full size, for example a product demo that shows small interface text.
When a GIF won’t get small enough
Some GIFs simply hold too much: long recordings, wide screens, or video clips full of grain and motion. If we can’t reach your target, you still get the smallest version we managed, marked so you know. From there, try a smaller width, a shorter clip, or a bigger target. For anything longer than a few seconds, a short video file is often far smaller than any GIF and plays everywhere GIFs do.
Your GIFs stay on your device
Everything happens in your browser, using your device’s own processor. The GIF is never uploaded, there is nothing to delete afterwards, and the tool keeps working even if your connection drops once the page has loaded. That also means there are no limits on how many GIFs you compress, apart from what your device can handle.
FAQ
Questions people ask
How do I compress a GIF without losing quality?
Keep the quality slider near Better looking and pick the largest target that works for you. We reduce colors gently first, which is hard to notice in most GIFs, and only make the GIF smaller when colors alone are not enough.
Are my GIFs uploaded anywhere?
No. The GIF is read, compressed and saved by your browser. Nothing leaves your device, so it is safe for private screen recordings too.
How small can a GIF get?
It depends on its size, length and colors. A long, wide screen recording may not fit a tiny target. When that happens you get the smallest version we could make, with a suggestion to try a smaller width.
Why does my compressed GIF have fewer frames?
If fewer colors and a smaller size are not enough, we keep every second or third frame and show each one longer. The animation keeps its speed but looks a little less smooth.
Can I compress several GIFs at once?
Yes, up to 20 at a time. They are compressed one after another, and you can download them together as a ZIP file.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes, in any modern browser on iPhone, Android or a computer. Very large GIFs need a lot of memory, so a computer is faster for long recordings.
Is there a watermark?
No. The GIFs you download are yours, with no watermark and no sign-up.
My GIF looks blurry. Can you sharpen it?
This tool only makes GIFs smaller. To sharpen a still photo, or a frame you saved from a GIF, try Unblur Image, which is free a few times a day.