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Compress PDF

Shrink a PDF file in your browser - cut email-attachment sizes, upload to forms that limit file size, save bandwidth. No upload.

Why convert PDF to PDF?

Compressing a PDF is one of the most-searched conversions on the web - someone has an oversized PDF that needs to fit under a 5 MB or 10 MB attachment limit, or a slow web upload that's timing out on a large file. The fastest fix is to drop the resolution and re-encode embedded images at a lower JPEG quality. Done right, the file shrinks 50-80% with imperceptible visual loss.

Under the hood we rasterize every PDF page via PDF.js, re-encode each as a JPEG at the quality and resolution you pick, and pack the JPEGs into a fresh PDF. This is the same approach big-name "compress PDF" tools use. The trade-off: the output PDF is page-images-in-a-shell, so text is no longer selectable or searchable. For text-heavy PDFs where searchability matters, a desktop tool with proper image-only re-encoding is a better fit. For everything else - photo decks, scanned forms, image-heavy reports - this is exactly the right tool.

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About PDF

PDF is the universal document format - looks the same on every device, prints reliably, and is the canonical way to share images that should stay fixed in layout.

PDF

About PDF

PDF is the universal document format - looks the same on every device, prints reliably, and is the canonical way to share images that should stay fixed in layout.

How to convert PDF to PDF

  1. 01

    Drop your PDF file

    Drag a PDF onto the converter above, or click the box to pick one from your device.

  2. 02

    PDF is already selected

    We've preselected PDF as the output format. Change it from the dropdown if you want a different target.

  3. 03

    Convert and download

    Click Convert and wait for the progress bar to finish. Download the PDF when it's ready.

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