Compress PDF
Shrink PDFs for email, upload portals and applications without sending them to anyone. Most of a PDF’s size is its images, so those are recompressed and scaled to a sensible resolution, while text, fonts and vector graphics stay untouched and sharp.
How it works
- Drop one or more PDF files.
- Pick a level: Strong for email, Balanced for everyday use, Light when you still want to print.
- Download the smaller PDFs. If a file cannot get smaller, you get the original back unchanged.
FAQ
Why is my PDF so big?
Almost always because of images: scans, photos or screenshots stored at full camera resolution. Text itself takes very little space.
Will the text get blurry?
No. Only embedded images are recompressed. Text, fonts, links and vector drawings are kept exactly as they are.
Are my documents uploaded?
No. The PDF is opened and rewritten inside your browser, which makes this safe for contracts, IDs and bank statements.
Why did my PDF barely shrink?
It contains little or no images (for example a text document exported from Word), so there is nothing heavy to compress.