Compress PDF
Shrink scanned PDFs and image-heavy documents in the browser.
Drop your PDF here
We'll compress the images inside to reduce file size
WHY THIS TOOL EXISTS
When PDF compression is the right move
This tool re-renders each page as a JPEG at the quality you choose, then assembles a smaller PDF in your browser. It works best for scanned pages and photo-heavy documents.
Benefits: Tune size vs. clarity, see savings instantly, no uploads, and local browser processing.
Best for: Email attachments, portal uploads with file size limits, scanned documents, and presentations.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Compression is image-based, so selectable/searchable text may be lost in the output.
- Line art and small text can become blurry at very low quality settings.
- This method is optimized for scanned/image-heavy PDFs, not vector-native PDFs.
Read this before you convert
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