How to resize multiple photos at once in Windows 10 and 11

Learn how to quickly resize multiple photos at once in Windows 10 or 11 without using extra software.

This will change the dimensions and also reduce the file size of the photos.

Method 1: Trick

1. Right-click on your desktop > New > Folder.

Create a new folder in Windows

2. Type a name for the new folder (e.g., Resized photos). Choose whatever name you want (the name doesn't matter much).

New folder for resized photos

3. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).

Open File Explorer in Windows 11

4. Go to the photos you want to resize.

5. Select the photos.

Two ways to select multiple photos:

  • Press the Ctrl + A keys 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. On Windows 11, you right-click on the selected photos > Show more options > Send to > Mail recipient. On Windows 10, you right-click on the selected photos > Send to > Mail recipient.

Send to mail recipient option in Windows 11 Send to mail recipient option in Windows 11

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).

Attach Files window in Windows 11

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.

Email warning in Windows 11

10. Click on the Windows start menu button.

Windows 11 start menu button

11. Type %temp%.

12. Press the Enter key on your keyboard or click on %temp% when it appears in the search results.

Open the Windows temp folder

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

13. 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.

Sort files by type in File Explorer in Windows 11

Alternatively, you can also type the file extension of the photos (e.g., .jpg, .png, .gif) in the search bar. This will make File Explorer show only photos with the file extension.

Search for file extension in File Explorer in Windows 11

14. In the left sidebar, you click on the ❱ or ▷ icon next to Desktop so that the new folder (which you previously created) appears.

Show desktop folder in File Explorer in Windows 11

15. Drag (or copy and paste) the photos from the Temp folder to the new folder.

Drag the resized photos to the new folder in Windows 11

Method 2: Microsoft 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.

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.

Download Microsoft PowerToys

Once the download is complete, you run the file to install PowerToys on your PC.

1. Open File Explorer (Windows Explorer).

Open File Explorer in Windows 10

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.

Resize pictures using Microsoft PowerToys

A “Image Resizer” window will appear.

5. Select the image size that you want from the list or enter a custom size.

Select the image size in Microsoft PowerToys Image Resizer

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.

Resize multiple images at once in Windows 10 using Microsoft PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys Image Resizer will now resize the photos.

It will save the resized photos in the same folder as the original photos.