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Compress video for WhatsApp online (keep quality)

Shrink a video for WhatsApp before WhatsApp shrinks it for you: compress on your terms instead of letting their aggressive re-encode blur the clip. Runs in your browser, your video never leaves your device.

1

Upload your video

Drop any video file. Processing happens in your browser.

2

Set the target size

Pick a size that sends fast; shorter and smaller survives WhatsApp's re-encode best.

3

Download and send

Save the compressed file and share it as a video or document.

Step 1

Upload your video

MP4, MOV, WEBM, or MKV. Files never leave your device.

Questions & answers

Anything sent as a regular video gets re-compressed by WhatsApp to save bandwidth, and its encoder trades quality for size. Compressing the file yourself first means there is far less for WhatsApp to squeeze, so more quality survives.

Media sharing accepts files up to 2GB, so the cap is rarely the blocker. The real fight is the re-compression; a smaller, already-optimized file sends faster and looks better on the other end.

Attach it as a document instead of a video. Documents skip WhatsApp's re-compression entirely, so compress it to a size the recipient can download comfortably and send the file as-is.

Status videos are capped at 30 seconds per segment; longer clips get split. Cut the part you want with the video trimmer first, then compress it here.

No. Compression runs in your browser, your video never leaves your device, and we keep nothing.

Enter any custom target in the video compressor.

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