Many Indian exam portals — SSC, UPSC, IBPS banking exams, railway recruitment and university admissions — require your photo (and often your signature scan) at 50 KB or less, sometimes as low as 20 KB. A normal phone photo is forty times too big.
Set the target once and drop the whole set: the tool finds the highest quality that fits each file under 50 KB, shrinking dimensions only when a very small target makes it unavoidable. Signature scans stay readable because the search stops at the sharpest result that fits, not at a fixed quality guess.
How to do it in 3 steps
- Open the faymox Compress to Size tool — the target is already set to 50 KB.
- Drop your photo (or a whole batch). Each image is compressed to the highest quality that fits under 50 KB.
- Download the result and upload it to your form — the file is at or under the limit, guaranteed by the byte count shown.
FAQ
Why do forms ask for photos under 50 KB?
Portals that receive millions of uploads cap file sizes to keep storage and bandwidth manageable. Indian exam portals commonly require 50 KB or less.
Is my photo uploaded to a server?
No. Compression runs entirely in your browser with the Canvas API — your photo never leaves your device, which matters for ID and exam photos.
What if my photo still looks blurry?
At 50 KB a head-and-shoulders photo at form dimensions stays clear. If the source photo is very large, the tool reduces dimensions only as much as needed to fit the limit.