Compress a video for email
Many email providers cap attachments near 25 MB. Pick the email target, choose your video, and get a file under that size without uploading it.
Fit an attachment under 25 MB
Attachment limits differ by provider and change over time, and 25 MB is a common one, not a universal one. Check your provider's current limit. If yours is lower, the custom size option on the tool page is the way to set it.
1 MB here means 1,000,000 bytes. The email target aims below 25 MB with room to spare, and the tool tells you whether the result actually landed under it.
Why do it in the browser
Videos sent by email are often personal. Compressing in your browser means the clip is not uploaded to a third party first, only to the person you send it to.
email video questions
Why does my email refuse a video that looks small?
Email encodes attachments in a way that makes them larger than the file on disk, so a file near the limit can still be refused. Compressing to a target that leaves some room helps.
Is my video uploaded anywhere?
Not on the free option. The compression runs inside your browser on your own device, so the video is never sent to a server. The page shows a note after each job saying it ran on your device.
What if my browser cannot compress it, or the file is too big?
The in-browser option accepts files up to 2 GB and needs a current version of Chrome, Edge, or Safari. If your browser cannot do it, or the video is larger than that, the page says so instead of failing quietly, and the paid server option handles bigger files and exact target sizes.