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description: Next.js provides gzip compression to compress rendered content and static files, it only works with the server target. Learn more about it here.
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# Compression

Next.js provides [**gzip**](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6713#section-3) compression to compress rendered content and static files. Compression only works with the [`server` target](/docs/api-reference/next.config.js/build-target.md#server-target). In general you will want to enable compression on a HTTP proxy like [nginx](https://www.nginx.com/), to offload load from the `Node.js` process.

To disable **compression**, open `next.config.js` and disable the `compress` config:

```js
module.exports = {
  compress: false,
}
```

## Related

<div class="card">
  <a href="/docs/api-reference/next.config.js/introduction.md">
    <b>Introduction to next.config.js:</b>
    <small>Learn more about the configuration file used by Next.js.</small>
  </a>
</div>