How to Compress a Video for Discord on iPhone
Discord's free upload cap is small — 10 MB (and 8 MB in some contexts). Rather than pay for Nitro, compress the clip on your iPhone first. Here is how to get any video under the Discord limit.
Quick answer: In Kompresso, set resolution to 720p, encoding to H.265, and push the slider toward "Less space" until the projected size is under 10 MB. Tap Compress, then upload to Discord.
Discord upload limits
- Free account: 10 MB per file (older/some contexts 8 MB).
- Nitro Basic: 50 MB.
- Nitro: 500 MB.
For clips and memes, 10 MB is enough if you compress smartly — you do not need to pay for Nitro just to share a short video. The goal is a clean 720p file with efficient encoding.
Get under 10 MB in Kompresso
- Open Kompresso and select the clipPick the video you want to post to Discord.
- Set resolution to 720p and encoding to H.265720p looks great in the Discord player and HEVC squeezes the size down hard.
- Slide toward 'Less space' until under 10 MBWatch the live size estimate. For longer clips, drop to 480p or trim the frame rate to 30fps.
- Compress, then upload to DiscordSave to Photos, open Discord, and attach the compressed file to your message.
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Longer clips that still won't fit
If a clip simply cannot reach 10 MB at watchable quality, trim it shorter first, or drop the resolution to 480p — Discord's inline player is small, so it still looks fine. For very long videos, compressing and sharing a cloud link is the practical route; see how to send a large video from iPhone.
Tip: Export as MP4 so the clip previews and plays inline for everyone in the channel, on desktop and mobile alike.