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This tutorial will show you step by step how to quickly resize multiple photos at once in Windows 10 without using extra software.
This will change the dimensions and also reduce the file size of the photos.
How to batch resize photos in Windows 10 without extra software
1. Right-click on your desktop > New > Folder.
2. Type a name for the new folder (e.g., Resized photos). Choose whatever name you want (the name doesn't matter much).
3. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).
4. Go to the photos you want to resize.
5. Select the photos.
Two ways to select multiple photos:
- Press the [CTRL] and [A] key on your keyboard.
- Click on the first photo, press and hold the [SHIFT] key of your keyboard and then click on the last photo.
6. Right-click on the selected photos > Send to > Mail recipient.
A Attach Files window will appear.
7. Select the image size that you want from the dropdown menu (e.g., 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, or 1280 x 1024).
Note: No matter what size you choose, the aspect ratio of your photos will be correct. For example, if you choose 800 x 600, then a 1280x720 image will still get the correct aspect ratio of 800 x 450.
The aspect ratio of a photo describes the proportional relationship between the photo's width and its height.
8. Click on the Attach button.
9. Microsoft Windows will now try to open an email program like Outlook or Thunderbird. If you don't have an email program, then you will get the following message: “There is no email program associated to perform the requested action”. It's okay, because we don't need an email program. Do not click on OK and do not close this message window.
10. Type %temp% into the Windows search bar.
11. Press the [Enter] on your keyboard.
The Windows Temp folder will open and here you will find the resized photos.
Note: If the search doesn't work or the Temp folder doesn't open, then follow the next few steps:
- Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer)
- Open Local Disk (C:)
- Open Users
- Open the folder with your username (e.g., Peter)
- Click on View located at the top.
- Check (select) Hidden items
- Open AppData
- Open Local
- Open the Temp folder
12. Click on Type located at the top of the Temp folder. This will sort all files by file type and will make all the photos stand together.
Alternatively, you can also type the file extension of the photos (e.g., .jpg, .png, .gif) in the search bar. This will make Windows Explorer show only photos with the file extension.
13. In the left sidebar, you click on the ❱ or ▷ icon next to Desktop so that the new folder (which you previously created) appears.
14. Drag the photos from the Temp folder to the new folder. To do so, you click with the left mouse button on the photos, then hold down the left mouse button, drag the photos to the new folder, and then release the left mouse button.
How to batch resize photos in Windows 10 using PowerToys
Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows 10 experience for greater productivity.
We'll be using the PowerToys Image Resizer utility for resizing multiple photos at once.
You can download PowerToys from GitHub, here. Install flash player for chrome mac.
You can find the latest release at the top of the page.
To download PowerToys, you click on the EXE file with a name similar to PowerToysSetup-0.27.1-x64.exe.
Once the download is complete, you run the file to install PowerToys on your PC.
1. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).
2. Go to the photos you want to resize.
3. Select the photos.
4. Right-click on the selected photos and then click on Resize pictures.
A “Image Resizer” window will appear.
5. Select the image size that you want from the list or enter a custom size.
Note: No matter what size you choose, the aspect ratio of your photos will be correct. For example, if you choose 800 x 600, then a 1280x720 image will still get the correct aspect ratio of 800 x 450.
The aspect ratio of a photo describes the proportional relationship between the photo's width and its height.
6. Click on the Resize button.
Microsoft PowerToys Image Resizer will now resize the photos.
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It will save the resized photos in the same folder as the original photos.
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