Compress GIF
Reduce the file size of an animated GIF while keeping it smooth. Runs locally in your browser.
Select or drop your file
GIF file
Processed locally in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Animated GIFs get heavy fast, and a multi-megabyte GIF is slow to load and awkward to share. Compress GIF reduces the file size — trimming colours and redundant data — while keeping the animation smooth, all in your browser.
How to compress gif
- 1. Add your animated GIF.
- 2. It's re-encoded to a smaller size while keeping the motion.
- 3. Download the lighter GIF.
When to use Compress GIF
Meet an upload limit
Shrink a GIF that's too big for a chat, forum or email attachment.
Faster-loading pages
Lighten a GIF embedded on a website so the page loads quicker.
Easier sharing
Cut the size so a GIF sends and plays smoothly on any connection.
Where GIF size comes from
A GIF's weight is driven by its dimensions, number of frames, frame rate and colour count. Compression reduces colours and redundant frame data, but the biggest wins often come from also resizing the GIF smaller or trimming its length. For very heavy animations, converting to MP4 saves far more than compression alone.
What each level does
Light keeps the full size and 256 colours and only stores what changes between frames more efficiently. Medium reduces the size to 80% and the palette to 128 colours; in our test a 4.4 MB GIF became 2.5 MB (−43%). Strong reduces the size to 60% and 64 colours for the smallest file, at the cost of some banding in gradients. The frame rate and the timing of your animation are never changed. If the result wouldn't be smaller, you get your original back with a note.
When an MP4 is the better answer
If a GIF is still too large after Strong, the content is simply too long or too detailed for the GIF format. Most platforms (X, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, websites) accept a short MP4 that loops like a GIF: GIF to MP4 turned the same 4.4 MB GIF into a 342 KB video.
Frequently asked questions
Will compressing ruin the animation?
No — it stays smooth. Compression mainly reduces colours and redundant data, which is usually hard to notice.
How much smaller will it get?
It depends on the GIF, but colourful or large animations can shrink significantly. Resizing or trimming first helps even more.
Is my GIF uploaded?
No — compression runs entirely in your browser.