About this tool
Compress animated GIFs online by reducing dimensions, frames and colors. Pick the Light, Balanced or Smallest preset and compare before and after. GIFs are re-encoded in your browser and never uploaded, which helps with stickers and animations that exceed upload limits.
Typical uses
- A sticker or reaction GIF is over a chat app or forum size limit
- A heavy GIF slows down a web page
- An animation in an email attachment needs to be smaller
How to use
Upload a GIF and pick Light, Balanced or Smallest, or set size, kept frames, colors and playback speed yourself.
Click Compress GIF, compare size and appearance with the original, and download. If the result grows, reduce the size or drop frames.
Up to 50 MB, 1500 frames and a 4 MP canvas. Dropped frames give their display time to the previous frame, so the total length is unchanged; semi-transparent pixels become fully transparent or opaque.
Frequently asked questions
Will compression hurt quality?
Fewer colors can cause banding, fewer frames make motion less smooth, and smaller dimensions reduce sharpness. Start with Light and adjust until size and quality look right.
Does dropping frames speed up the GIF?
No. The display time of dropped frames is added to the kept ones, so the total length stays the same. Use the playback speed option to change speed.
Why did the file get bigger?
Some GIFs are already heavily optimized, for example by updating only changed regions, so re-encoding can enlarge them. Reduce the size or frames instead.