Compress PDF

Make PDFs smaller in your browser: choose low, medium or high compression. Text stays sharp and selectable. Nothing is uploaded.

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Compress PDF: how it works

  1. Open a PDF.
  2. Choose how strongly to compress it. Medium suits most files.
  3. Press Compress PDF and download the smaller file.

Questions

Will my text get blurry?

No. Only photos and scans are re-encoded. Text stays sharp and selectable.

Why did my file not get smaller?

Some files are already well compressed, such as text-only documents. In that case you get your original back.