Compress PDF
Reduce the size of your PDF by adjusting quality. Works especially well with scans or documents full of images.
⚠️ This compression turns each page into an image to save space, sotext will no longer be selectable. Great for scans; for text-only documents it may not be worth it.
How to compress a PDF
- Select your PDF.
- Choose the compression level.
- Hit "Compress and download" and compare the final size.
Frequently asked questions
Why does the text stop being selectable?
To achieve a real reduction without a server, each page is rasterised (turned into a compressed JPEG image). That shrinks scans and image-heavy documents a lot, but the result is a PDF of images. If you need to keep selectable text, this is not the right tool.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. Everything happens in your browser; the document is never uploaded.