Why use this tool?
Compress video should be a 10-second job, not a 10-minute one. Most desktop apps want an installation, ask for an email, or stamp a watermark on the result. This tool does none of that — open the page, upload, get your smaller MP4, move on.
It runs from your browser, so you don't need to trust an unknown program with your files. The actual processing happens on our servers under a tight retention policy: files are auto-deleted within 24 hours and we never read, share, or train models on them.
How to compress video
- Upload your MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WEBM (drag & drop or click to browse).
- Adjust the options to your needs (defaults work well for most cases).
- Click Compress and wait a few seconds.
- Preview the result on the page and click Download to save it.
That's it — no signup, no email, no waiting for an account verification.
Features
- Free for everyone — 3 jobs per day without signing in, more with an account.
- Privacy-first: your files are deleted within 24 hours and never shared.
- Fast — most jobs finish in under 10 seconds, right in your browser.
- Works with MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WEBM.
- No watermark on the output, ever.
- Mobile-friendly — runs on any modern phone or tablet browser.
Tips & best practices
Extract audio from a lecture to listen offline.
Convert a short clip into a GIF for documentation or marketing.
For online sharing, MP4 with H.264 codec is the safest choice across browsers and devices. If audio quality matters more than video size, extract audio separately and keep the master.
Common use cases
- Extract audio from a lecture to listen offline.
- Convert a short clip into a GIF for documentation or marketing.
- Compress a screen recording before uploading to Drive or Slack.
- Generate subtitles for a tutorial in another language.