Photo compression for emailing

My iphone 6 does not give a drop down option to compress photos for emailing. How do I fix this please?

iPhone 6

Posted on May 14, 2019 4:44 PM

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Posted on May 14, 2019 6:12 PM

When you go to Settings/Camera what do you see? My choices are:

  • Preserve Settings
  • Grid
  • Scan QR Codes
  • Record Video
  • Record Slo-mo
  • Record Stereo Sound
  • Formats
  • Smart HDR
  • Keep Normal Photo


What version of iOS do you have?


It's possible the iPhone 6 doesn't support resizing, but I'm pretty sure my 5S did and I know my 7 did.

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May 14, 2019 6:12 PM in response to Sizzle74

When you go to Settings/Camera what do you see? My choices are:

  • Preserve Settings
  • Grid
  • Scan QR Codes
  • Record Video
  • Record Slo-mo
  • Record Stereo Sound
  • Formats
  • Smart HDR
  • Keep Normal Photo


What version of iOS do you have?


It's possible the iPhone 6 doesn't support resizing, but I'm pretty sure my 5S did and I know my 7 did.

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May 14, 2019 5:04 PM in response to Sizzle74

I think that you have to do this in the Photos app itself. This is not very intuitive. I found this online with a Google search


Launch the Photos App

Tap Select in the upper right corner to select the photos you want to email

Tap the Share icon in the lower left corner

Tap Mail

Fill in the email address and type your message

Tap Send in the upper right corner

The window with the selections for the various options to reduce the size of the photos will pop up after you tap Send

Make your choice for the size


Beware, as soon as you make the size choice the email will be sent so make sure everything is in place, your message is typed up and ready to go.




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May 14, 2019 5:29 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Is this new or did photo compression for emailing always work this way on the iPhone? I know that compression can be done right in the Mail app on the iPad, and I thought at one time it was possible on the phone, but you know worlds more about the phone than I do and I may just be making an incorrect assumption.

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