Thebest camera phoneshave a lot to offer, even to the most hard-to-please photo and video enthusiasts. They capture high-res pictures, but their sizes are too large for most social media networks. Many government, banking, and university websites require you to upload smaller images. Some sites automatically crop photos that don’t adhere to their standards, but pictures might get cut off at the wrong places.

Resize your images before uploading to comply with platform restrictions and prevent awkward cropping. The process also frees up storage on your device. We show you how to reduce the size of your photos on your phone with third-party resizing tools.

Screenshot highlighting ‘Select Photos’ in the Photo & Picture Resizer app

How to resize an image on an Android phone or tablet

Android phones and tablets typically come with Google Photos pre-installed. The app lets you edit images and videos, create GIFs, make photo collages, and back up media files. It doesn’t offer the option of resizing images. Samsung phone owners can use the Gallery app to reduce the size of pictures. Other Android phones and tablets require a third-party image editing app.

Resize an image with Photo & Picture Resizer

The Photo & Picture Resizer app lets you reduce the size or resolution of photos on your phone. It’s also suitable for batch editing. The app is free to download on the Google Play Store but purchase a subscription to get rid of ads.

Resize an image with Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop Express is a photo editing app that lets you customize pictures with stickers, overlays, and filters. you’re able to also retouch, edit, and resize photos before uploading them to your favorite social media platform.

Here’s how to resize pictures with Adobe Photoshop Express:

Resize an image with Image Size

The Image Size app lets you quickly resize your photos. you’re able to download it for free on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

The following steps work on Android and iOS. We use an Android phone in this tutorial. iPhone users can follow along.

Screenshot showing the selected photo in the Photo & Picture Resizer app

Resize an image with Photo Resizer HD

Here’s how to use Photo Resizer HD to shrink photos:

The app saves new photos in a folder named Photo Resizer HD. You can also batch-resize multiple photos in one go.

Resize an image on a Samsung Galaxy phone

The default Gallery app on Samsung Galaxy phones features a built-in image resizer tool. Here’s how to use the resizing option:

The system overwrites the original photo after you save it. To keep the original image, copy it to another folder before resizing it.

Screenshot highlighting ‘Resize’ in the Photo & Picture Resizer app

How to resize an image on an iPhone

You’ll need a third-party app like Photo & Image Resizer to resize pictures on your iPhone. Here’s how to do it:

Edit images like a pro

Many websites limit the file upload size, so shrink large images before uploading them. Reducing their size also ensures that they occupy less space on your phone. Resizing images for websites and social media networks is a breeze with third-party photo editing apps. Unleash their full potential with the tools bundled with the apps.

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Screenshot showing the dimensions in the Photo & Picture Resizer app

Screenshot highlighting the ‘Next’ option in the Adobe Photoshop Express app