Compress photos
Reduce oversized photos in your library without visible quality loss. Find the largest images, compress in batches and keep the ones worth saving.
At a glance
- Finds the largest photos in your library — scans, screenshots, 48 MP shots, saved images
- Compresses in batches to a quality level you choose
- Shows before/after size for each photo
- Replaces the original only when you confirm
- iPhone and Android
Modern phone cameras shoot 48-megapixel photos, scanned documents are saved at print resolution, and images saved from the web arrive at whatever size someone uploaded them. The result is a library where a small fraction of the photos takes a large share of the space.
TuckVault’s photo compressor finds those outliers and shrinks them in batches, with a before/after size for each, and replaces the originals only when you confirm.
How it works
- Open Cleanup → Large photos. The biggest images are listed first with their size and dimensions.
- Choose a quality level. 85% is the default and is visually lossless on screens; 75% is still excellent and smaller.
- Select and compress. Pick individual photos or the whole list. The app writes compressed copies and shows the saving for each.
- Replace. Confirm to swap the originals for the compressed copies. Originals go to Recently Deleted or Trash for 30 days.
When compression pays off
- Scans and photos of documents saved at full resolution for a one-time use.
- Screenshots, which are PNGs and often larger than they look — compress or delete.
- 48 MP and ProRAW-style shots of everyday subjects. Keep the ones you love at full size; compress the rest.
- Images saved from the web or chats at sizes you will never need.
When to leave photos alone
Anything you might print or crop heavily, and anything irreplaceable. Compression is a one-way change once the original is deleted, so the app always keeps the original until you confirm.
Compress on the web, too
For a single image on a computer, the free image compressor on this site does the same job in your browser without uploading the file. The app is for the hundreds of photos on the phone.
Lock what's private. Clear what isn't.
TuckVault keeps your private photos, videos and documents behind a PIN or pattern with AES encryption on your device — and cleans up duplicates, large videos and messy contacts on the same phone. Free to download for iPhone and Android.
Frequently asked questions
Will compressed photos look worse?
At 80–85% JPEG quality, not on a screen. A 48-megapixel photo that was 12 MB becomes 2–3 MB and looks identical on a phone, laptop or TV. Keep originals of the photos you might print large.
What about HEIC photos on iPhone?
The app handles HEIC natively on iPhone. Compressed copies are saved in the same format your library uses, so nothing changes about how they open or share.
Does this compress the photos in my vault?
No. The vault stores what you give it. Compress a photo first if you want a smaller copy in the vault.
Should I compress or delete duplicates first?
Duplicates first. There is no point compressing five copies of the same sunset. Run the duplicate cleaner, then compress the large photos that remain.