# Minify CSS during build

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**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/minify-css-during-build/154 "2017-02-17T18:45:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/minify-css-during-build/154/5 "2017-02-19T21:26:54Z")

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Even if your theme doesn’t use Sass, you could just rename your .css file to .scss and add that compressed property that @mmistakes mentioned. You don’t have to actually use any Sass techniques in your CSS.

When your site builds, Jekyll will minify the CSS. It’s a great approach. In my opinion, Jekyll’s docs on Sass could be improved a bit, but the info is there. [https://jekyllrb.com/docs/assets/](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/assets/).

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