HandBrake
A free video shrinker and converter with ready-made presets: pick one, press Start, and get a smaller file that still plays everywhere.
What you can do with it
- Make videos small enough for WhatsApp or email
- Hit an exact file size with two-pass encoding
- Shrink a whole folder of phone clips in one go
Worth knowingThe Windows app needs Microsoft's free .NET Desktop Runtime 10. Its '720p' and '1080p' presets mean height, so vertical phone videos come out narrow unless you change the size limit on the Dimensions tab.
The full tutorial
01Install HandBrakeFREE02Make it fit in an email, with one presetMEMBERS03Fix vertical phone videosMEMBERS04Get under a size limit (WhatsApp, Gmail)MEMBERS05Optional deep dive: see the quality, then go fasterMEMBERS06Shrink a whole folder in one goMEMBERS
Video too big for WhatsApp or email? Shrink it in one click · ~25 min · tested 2026-10-09
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