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Compress a video for Discord — land under 10 MB

Discord's free plan rejects uploads over 10 MB. Pick that exact target and VideoCompress lands under the line — locally, without touching Discord's own quality.

What Discord actually allows

Discord limits file uploads by size, not duration: 10 MB on the free plan and 500 MB with Nitro. Unlike images, videos are not re-encoded by Discord — a file over the cap is simply rejected, and a file under the cap is sent as-is.

Limits per Discord's support documentation, October 2026. Check the official page if Discord changes its plans.

10 MB
Free plan — per upload
500 MB
Nitro — per upload

What target size should you pick?

  • Short clips (under ~30 s at 720p): compress straight to 10 MB. Two-pass encoding allocates the bits where they matter and the clip looks clean.
  • Longer videos: 10 MB spreads thin past a couple of minutes at 720p. Either trim the clip first, or split the video into parts and send several files.
  • Game footage with fast motion: motion eats bitrate. If quality disappoints at 10 MB, cut a few seconds rather than accepting mush.
Tip: VideoCompress ships with a built-in Discord preset right next to the target size field — no need to type the number.

Why not just send the original?

Discord does not compress videos for you — over the limit it shows an upgrade prompt instead. Nitro removes the cap, but if you're sending one clip to a server full of free users, a clean 10 MB file works everywhere.

Three steps

  • Open VideoCompress, pick the Discord preset (10 MB).
  • Drop your video in. It never leaves this PC.
  • Drag the finished _compressed.mp4 straight into Discord.

Hit the size limit on the first try

Free for videos up to 5 minutes. Windows 10/11, 64-bit.

Download installer — 103 MB Portable zip — 141 MB