About the UK passport photo size
A UK passport photo has to be exactly 600 × 750 px, a JPG sized within 50–500 KB — the digital form of the 35 × 45 mm print size. Miss any one of the three — the pixels, the format, or the file size — and the upload box rejects it, which is the wall most people hit. This tool sets all three for you: it crops to the right shape, resizes to the exact 600 × 750 px, and compresses to land within 50–500 KB, in one press.
gov.uk asks for a JPEG at least 600 × 750 px and between 50 KB and 10 MB; this makes exactly 600 × 750 and keeps it a small, well inside-the-range file.
Need a different job? The image compressorfits any file under a KB limit, and resize & crop gives you free control of the dimensions.
How to make a UK passport photo
- Drop your photo onto the box above, or tap to choose one. Drag the crop box — locked to the 600 × 750 px shape UK passport photo needs — over your face, and rotate or mirror if it came in sideways.
- The output is already fixed to 600 × 750 px, JPG, and will be held within 50–500 KB. There is nothing to set — that is the whole point of the preset.
- Press Apply, then Download. Every step runs on your device; your photo is never uploaded, so it carries no camera, date or GPS data either.
Are these numbers exact?
gov.uk asks for a JPEG at least 600 × 750 px and between 50 KB and 10 MB; this makes exactly 600 × 750 and keeps it a small, well inside-the-range file.
Nothing is uploaded
There is no server to upload to. Your photo is cropped, resized and compressed by this browser with the Canvas API, and the Download button points at the result sitting in your own device's memory. Turn your Wi-Fi off once this page has loaded and it still works — the privacy policy walks through the same check. As a side effect of re-encoding, the file carries no camera, date or GPS metadata.
Questions and answers
What size should a UK passport photo be?
600 × 750 px, saved as JPG, with the file within 50–500 KB — that is what HM Passport Office asks for. This tool produces exactly that: it crops to the right shape, sets the size to 600 × 750 px, and compresses to fit the KB limit in one step.
How do I get my photo 50–500 KB?
Drop it in above and press Apply. The tool encodes the 600 × 750 px JPG at the highest quality that still fits within 50–500 KB, so you get a compliant file without fiddling with a quality slider or re-saving over and over. If a very small target cannot be met at the required pixels, the tool tells you rather than handing back a wrong-sized file.
Is the UK passport photo tool free, and does my photo get uploaded?
It is free, with no account or watermark, and nothing is uploaded: your photo is cropped, resized and compressed inside your browser with the Canvas API, so it never leaves your device — turn your Wi-Fi off after the page loads and it still works.
Are these UK passport photo numbers exact?
gov.uk asks for a JPEG at least 600 × 750 px and between 50 KB and 10 MB; this makes exactly 600 × 750 and keeps it a small, well inside-the-range file.