Does Shopify recompress images already compressed by third-party apps?

Does shopify again compresses images if they are already compressed by third-party app and tools?

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That’s a great question!

Shopify does indeed compress images when they display on your website, they provide details on that on the Uploading images help page here: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/legacy/using-themes/change-the-layout/images

We also provide additional recommendations for using third-party apps and tools on our blog here: https://speedboostr.com/how-to-compress-images-on-shopify/

One benefit to using an app like Crush Pics is that it also improves image SEO, you can read more about that here: https://speedboostr.com/shopify-image-seo/

Hope this helps!

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Thank you for your reply

For testing purpose I have just compressed an image, my new file size is 21kb.

Same is the size in shopify

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My question is what is the minimum image size when shopify default compression behavior stops?

I have already done extensive research but doesn’t find solution.