A smaller PDF for email and upload limits
A scanned document or image-heavy report can be awkward to email or attach to a form. PDF compression helps reduce that extra weight. The space you can save depends on what is inside the document, so a photo-rich scan and a mostly text-based PDF may respond differently.
How to Compress PDF Files
Compress PDFs in your browser, choose a compression level and download the results. Your files are not uploaded to a server.
Add your PDF files
Use the file picker or drag and drop your PDFs. You can add multiple documents.
Choose a compression level
Choose the balance between file size and image quality, then start compression.
Download the compressed PDFs
Review the results when processing finishes, then download a single file or the batch.
Questions about PDF compression
Why does my PDF barely get smaller?
Some PDFs already contain compressed images or very little redundant data. These documents may have less room for further reduction.
Can compression make scanned text harder to read?
It can when image quality is reduced, because the text in a scan is part of the image. Review small print and diagrams in the result before sharing it.
Are several PDFs combined during compression?
No. Batch compression produces a result for each source document. Combining documents is a separate task for the PDF merger.
