Compress GIF Files Free

Upload your GIF, then lower the quality slider, cut the colors or resize the frames and press Compress. If you need a fixed limit, type a size such as 500KB in the target box instead. Download the result once the new size looks right.

Type 256KB in the target size box for an emoji, since Discord emoji must be under 256 KB. Press Compress and the tool lowers quality, then colors, then frame size until the GIF fits. For stickers or chat uploads, enter the limit Discord shows you.

Yes, to a point. Set quality to 100 and keep All colors, and the GIF is only optimized: pixels that repeat between frames are stripped with no lossy step. The savings are smaller this way. For a bigger cut, try quality between 60 and 80.

Yes. Every frame and its timing are kept, whether you lower quality, cut colors, resize or set a target size. The compressor never drops frames or changes the speed, so the animation plays just like the original.

It sets how many colors the GIF can use. All keeps the original palette, while 256, 128, 64 and 32 cut it down. Fewer colors means a smaller file, but smooth gradients and photo-like clips may show banding at 64 or 32.

It controls lossy GIF compression on a scale of 1 to 100, starting at 75. Lower numbers make a smaller file with more grain and noise. At 100 the lossy step is skipped and the GIF is only optimized.

Long GIFs with large frames have a floor. The tool raises lossy compression, cuts colors down to 32 and shrinks the frames step by step. If the file still doesn't fit, the result shows the smallest size it reached, so you know how close it got.

It depends on the number of frames, the colors and how much moves. In our test, a 50-frame GIF of 3.64 MB dropped to 2.10 MB at default settings. With a 256 KB target it reached 200.5 KB and kept all 50 frames at 197 × 111.

Yes. The loop setting is copied into the new file, so a GIF that loops forever keeps looping forever. Frame timing stays the same too. Only the file size changes, plus any color or size settings you pick.

Yes, by default. Strip metadata is on in the Advanced settings, so comments and names saved inside the GIF are removed and add nothing to the file size. Turn the switch off if you want to keep that text.

Each file can be up to 50 MB, and you can add many at once. Typical GIFs finish in seconds. Long GIFs with large frames take longer, since the work runs on your own computer or phone rather than a remote server.

Yes. It is free with no sign-up, no watermark and no daily cap. Your GIFs are processed in your browser and are not sent to any server, so private clips and work files stay with you.