Compress Video for Discord
The target size starts at 20 MB, Discord's free limit since September 2026.
This page opens the compressor with the target size set to 20 MB. The compressor aims 1.5% under the size you set, so the file lands just below the limit. Choose the clip, press Compress video and drag the result into the chat.
Free Video Compressor
No sign-up. No upload. No size limit.
Nothing is uploaded — the file is compressed on your device.
Discord's upload limit is now 20 MB
On September 8, 2026 Discord raised the free upload limit from 10 MB to 20 MB on all platforms (Discord patch notes). Nitro Basic allows 50 MB and Nitro up to 1 GB (Discord File Attachments FAQ). A server at boost level 2 gives every member 50 MB, and level 3 gives 100 MB (Discord Support). All checked September 2026.
Older guides give other numbers because the free limit has moved several times: 8 MB for years, 25 MB from 2023, 10 MB from late 2024 and 20 MB now. A guide that says 8, 10 or 25 MB was written for one of those periods.
The same update changed the check on phones. The mobile app used to try compressing a file first and check its size afterwards. It now checks the size before any compression, the way desktop always has. A clip that only fit after Discord's own compression is now refused, so on a phone it pays to compress it yourself first.
What happens at 20 MB
The compressor spreads 20 MB over the length of the clip. When that is too little for the current screen size, it picks a lower resolution, marks that row with a dashed amber frame and shows "Resolution set to W × H to reach this size" before you start. If the drop is further than you want, cut the clip to the moment that matters with Trim Video ↗ and compress the shorter piece.
Game captures are often 60 fps. Setting Frame rate to 30 fps in Advanced halves the number of frames the 20 MB has to cover. When the sound does not matter, Remove audio gives its share to the picture. On a boosted server, click the After size and type 50 or 100.
Clips from OBS, ShadowPlay and other recorders
MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM and TS recordings open here. HEVC recordings can only be read on devices with a hardware HEVC decoder, since Chrome has no software HEVC decoder. Only the first audio track is kept, which matters if your recorder writes the microphone to a separate track.
The work happens on your device, so a recording of several GB goes through without an upload. The output is written to disk as it is produced.
Frequently asked questions
Is Discord's free limit 8, 10, 20 or 25 MB?
20 MB since September 8, 2026 (checked September 2026). The other numbers are earlier limits.
Why is the result a little under 20 MB?
The compressor aims 1.5% under the size you set. A file even slightly over 20 MB would be refused.
Discord on my phone refuses a clip it used to accept. Why?
Since September 2026 the mobile app checks the file size before its own compression. Compress the clip to 20 MB here and send that file instead.
I have Nitro. Do I need this?
Only for files over your limit: 50 MB with Nitro Basic, up to 1 GB with Nitro (checked September 2026). Click the After size and type your number.
Compress Video for Discord
Opens the compressor with the target preset to 20 MB.