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Compress a Video for Email

Get your video under Email’s limit without it falling apart. Free, nothing to install.

Free to start
Nothing to install
Up to 1GB

How it works

Compress for Email in 3 steps

Upload your video
Drag and drop the clip you need to send to Email, or click to browse. Anything under 1GB.
Settings tuned for Email
The compression level and resolution are pre-set for Email. Adjust either in the panel if you want a different trade.
Compress and download
Create a free account to download the smaller file.

Getting a video small enough for Email

Email is the tightest limit most people hit: Gmail caps attachments at 25 MB and plenty of corporate mail servers stop at 20 MB or less. A one-minute screen recording straight out of a recorder routinely exceeds that on its own.

The reliable recipe is compress hard and drop to 720p, which is what this page pre-selects. If the result is still over the cap, trim the video down rather than compressing further, past a point the picture falls apart faster than the file shrinks.

For anything long, a share link beats an attachment every time: it never bounces, it does not sit in the recipient’s mailbox quota, and you can see whether it was watched.

Gmail

Practical limit25 MB

NotesLarger files are auto-converted to a Drive link

Outlook / Microsoft 365

Practical limit20 MB typical

NotesMany corporate servers set lower limits

Apple Mail (iCloud)

Practical limit20 MB

NotesMail Drop handles larger files separately

Generic corporate mail

Practical limit10 to 25 MB

NotesAssume the lowest until you know

Destination	Practical limit	Notes
Gmail	25 MB	Larger files are auto-converted to a Drive link
Outlook / Microsoft 365	20 MB typical	Many corporate servers set lower limits
Apple Mail (iCloud)	20 MB	Mail Drop handles larger files separately
Generic corporate mail	10 to 25 MB	Assume the lowest until you know

FAQ

compress for email: questions

How do I email a video that is too large?

Compress at the strong level and drop to 720p. If it still will not fit, trim the clip or send a share link instead of an attachment.

What size video can I attach to Gmail?

25 MB. Beyond that Gmail replaces the attachment with a Google Drive link, which many recipients cannot open behind a corporate firewall.

Does compression ruin the quality?

At the preset level here, most viewers will not see a difference. Quality only falls apart when you compress hard AND keep a high resolution, which is why this page pairs a level with a resolution.