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Compress PDF

Shrink PDFs by recompressing embedded images. Text stays fully selectable.

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Upload your PDF
2
Choose quality level
3
Download compressed file

Drop your PDFs here

or click to browse — up to 200MB per file

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How to compress a PDF to reduce file size

  1. Upload your PDF using the drop zone above
  2. Choose a level — Recommended works well for most files
  3. Click Compress PDF to download the smaller file

This tool recompresses only the raster images embedded in your PDF — photos, scans, and graphics. Text, fonts, and vector graphics are left completely untouched, so text stays selectable and searchable in the output. Savings depend on how many images your PDF contains.

For very large PDFs with few images, consider removing unnecessary pages instead — that reduces file size while keeping everything intact.