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Compress PNG

Reduce PNG file size dramatically with smart lossy or lossless optimization — transparency preserved. Drop images below, no sign-up.

  • Batch up to 25 MB per file, free
  • Lossy & lossless modes with resize
  • Also export WebP or AVIF in one pass

Drag & drop images here

JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF up to 25 MB

JPG PNG WebP AVIF

Transparency preserved

The alpha channel is kept intact, so logos, icons and overlays stay crisp and transparent.

Private by default

Encrypted uploads, auto-deleted within 24 hours. Nothing is kept or shared.

Full control

Choose lossy or lossless, tune the palette, and resize before you download.

How to compress a PNG online

PNG is perfect for graphics, logos and screenshots with sharp edges or transparency — but the files get heavy fast. OctoSqueeze reduces the color palette intelligently and strips unused data, often cutting PNG size by 50–70% with no visible difference.

Why smaller PNGs matter

Lighter images load faster, improve your Core Web Vitals, and save bandwidth for you and your visitors. On mobile especially, a heavy graphic can be the difference between a bounce and a conversion.

Lossy vs. lossless

Lossless PNG optimization is pixel-perfect; lossy palette reduction goes much smaller with barely any visible change. Compressing photographs instead? Reach for JPEG compression.

Do it at scale

Compressing one image is easy. Compressing thousands is what our REST API is for — one call returns an optimized file (or a CDN URL) in any format you need.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about compressing PNG images.

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PNG compression works by reducing the color palette and optimizing the internal data structure. Our algorithm analyzes each image and applies the best combination of lossless and lossy techniques to achieve maximum size reduction while preserving visual quality and transparency.

Yes. Our PNG compressor fully preserves the alpha channel (transparency). Your logos, icons, and graphics will retain their transparent backgrounds after compression.

Lossless compression reduces file size without any quality loss - the image is pixel-perfect identical. Lossy compression reduces the color palette which achieves much smaller file sizes but may have slight color variations. For most web use, lossy is recommended.

Free users can upload PNG files up to 25MB. Pro and Unlimited plans support files up to 50MB and 100MB respectively. For larger files, consider using our API for server-side processing.

Compressing at scale?

Automate every image with the OctoSqueeze API. 500 free calls a month to start.

No credit card required · 500 free images/month