Slimvid

Preset · 20 MB · Discord free upload

Compress Video for Discord

Discord’s File Attachments FAQ says the free upload limit without Nitro is 20MB (since August 2026; it was 10MB before). Nitro Basic is 50MB and Nitro is up to 1GB. Discord also says it is experimenting, so a few accounts may be allowed more. A one-minute clip near 20MB has about 2,700 kbps to spend. This page preselects 20MB and encodes on your device.

Hit the 20MB free-upload cap without guessing a bitrate. Hardware encoding, nothing uploaded.

Drop videos here, or click to browse

Up to 1GB each · MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV

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Processed locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Settings

Add a video and the settings for this tool appear here.

How it works

  1. 1Drop your clip. The Discord 20MB target is already selected.
  2. 2Read the quality estimate. Trim a shorter section if the clip is long.
  3. 3Compress and download, then attach the file in Discord.

Processed locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Process videos up to 1GB on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

Discord’s free cap is 20MB

Discord’s free upload limit is 20MB (since 13 August 2026; it was 10MB before). The help center, updated 30 September 2026, still states 20MB for people without Nitro, and says mobile now checks the original file size before compression.

Stay under that cap and Discord can keep the file as an attachment. A file the app rejects wastes a round trip. Guessing a bitrate in another editor usually overshoots, then you compress again.

Nitro Basic stays at 50MB. The same FAQ says Nitro offers up to 1GB. This page locks the free 20MB target. Encoding still runs on your device.

Discord upload limits

Free, no Nitro
20MB since August 2026
Nitro Basic
50MB
Nitro
Up to 1GB

Discord’s FAQ also says it is experimenting with limits, and some people may upload more than 20MB. 20MB is the published free ceiling, not a promise for every account.

Checked 2026-10-10.

When 20MB is enough

Use the table below as a budget, not a guarantee. Short screen recordings and talking-head clips fit 20MB at a watchable picture. A five-minute 4K export does not, unless you trim it.

If you only need the older 8MB or 10MB ceiling for a school portal, use those pages. Discord’s free limit is 20MB (since August 2026; it was 10MB before).

What fits in 20 MB

Planning estimate from Slimvid’s size formula: 97% of the byte cap, a small audio reserve, then a lower resolution when the video bitrate would look bad. It is not a measured encode of one clip. Motion, codec and audio change the file.

DurationTotal budgetVideo bitratePicture the planner picks
15 sec10347 kbps10219 kbps1080p
30 sec5173 kbps5045 kbps1080p
1 min2587 kbps2459 kbps720p
2 min1293 kbps1165 kbps480p
5 min517 kbps389 kbps240p
10 min259 kbps131 kbps240p 15fps

Three steps

How to compress a video for Discord

Compress video for Discord to 20MB online, free, no upload. Discord’s help center lists 20MB for non-Nitro accounts as of August 2026. Encodes on your device.

  1. 1

    Drop your file

    Drop your clip. The Discord 20MB target is already selected.

  2. 2

    Choose settings

    Read the quality estimate. Trim a shorter section if the clip is long.

  3. 3

    Download

    Compress and download, then attach the file in Discord.

All compress-video pagesVideo upload limits in 2026

Same job, other limits

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FAQ

Discord video size FAQ

What is Discord’s free upload limit in 2026?
20MB for accounts without Nitro (since August 2026; it was 10MB before), per Discord’s File Attachments FAQ. Nitro Basic is 50MB and Nitro is up to 1GB. Discord says it is still experimenting, so check the app if a 20MB file is rejected.
Did Discord change how mobile measures file size?
Yes. The same FAQ says mobile now checks size before compression, matching desktop. On Android, camera originals are often larger, so you can hit 20MB sooner than you did when Discord compressed first and measured after.
Will a long video look good at 20MB?
A short clip will. Several minutes squeezed into 20MB forces a low bitrate and a smaller picture. Trim first, or use a Nitro limit if you have one.
Is the video uploaded to Slimvid?
No. Encoding runs in your browser. You download the file and attach it in Discord yourself.

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  • No file size limit — 4K, hour-long recordings, anything
  • Batch queues: drop a folder, apply one preset
  • Hardware-accelerated encoding (H.264 / H.265)
  • Works fully offline, same privacy guarantee