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UPSC photo and signature resizer (CSE, NDA, CDS)
UPSC's online application wants a photo of at least 550 × 550 pixels with your name and the date printed underneath, and a signature between 350 and 550 pixels. This preset does both.
Private by design. Your photos never leave your device.
- Nothing is uploaded
- Nothing is stored
- Works offline once loaded
1.Pick your form
UPSC · Civil Services (IAS/IPS), NDA, CDS, CAPF, ESE, CMS
Output: 600 × 750 px · 20–300 KB · JPG
Plain white background, face fills ¾ of the photo, not older than 10 days
2.Add your photo
or drop it here, or paste it. JPG, PNG, WebP, any size.
Processed on your device. Never uploaded.
3.Download
Your ready-to-upload file appears here, with its exact size.
Certificates to upload too?
UPSC also asks for your photo ID card as a PDF of 20–300 KB. Scansy, our Android app, scans marksheets, caste certificates and ID cards into clean PDFs and compresses them to the size the form wants. Offline, no account, nothing uploaded, just like this tool.
UPSC photo and signature size
Covers Civil Services (IAS/IPS), NDA, CDS, CAPF, ESE, CMS. Checked against the latest notices in October 2026. Requirements can change between notifications, so always compare with yours on upsconline.gov.in. If anything differs, use Custom size.
| Upload | Pixels | Print size | File size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photo + name & datePlain white background, face fills ¾ of the photo, not older than 10 days | 600 × 750 px | — | 20–300 KB | JPG |
| SignatureDark ink on white paper | 525 × 350 px | — | 20–300 KB | JPG |
Tips to get it accepted first time
- UPSC requires the candidate's name and the date the photo was taken at the bottom of the photograph. Turn on the name & date strip and type both in.
- The photo must be no more than 10 days old when you fill in the form, against a plain white background with the full face (top of hair to chin) taking up about three-quarters of it.
- Both images must be 24-bit colour JPGs. The resizer always saves 24-bit JPG, even for a black-and-white signature.
- Your photo, signature and thumb impression are exactly what someone needs to impersonate you on a form. This resizer never uploads them: everything runs on your device.
UPSC upload FAQ
What is the UPSC photo size?
600 × 750 px, 20–300 KB, JPG. Plain white background, face fills ¾ of the photo, not older than 10 days. These are the specifications as of October 2026; always confirm against your notification on upsconline.gov.in.
What is the UPSC signature size?
525 × 350 px, 20–300 KB, JPG. Dark ink on white paper. These are the specifications as of October 2026; always confirm against your notification on upsconline.gov.in.
Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
No. The resizer runs entirely inside your browser using your device's own processor. Your photo is never sent to a server, never stored and never seen by us. Once the page has loaded you can switch on airplane mode and it keeps working.
My form needs at least 20 KB but the file comes out smaller. What do I do?
Nothing: the resizer handles it. Small images such as a 140 × 60 signature are naturally only a few KB. When a form sets a minimum, the resizer saves at top quality and, if that's still too small, pads the JPG with harmless filler data inside the file. The picture is unchanged and the file meets the limit.
Does 50 KB mean 50,000 or 51,200 bytes?
Portals don't agree, so the resizer aims inside both readings: under the maximum counted in thousands, and over the minimum counted in 1,024s. A file shown as 20–50 KB here passes either way.