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One PDF — compressed in your browser, never uploadedAbout this tool
This free Compress PDF tool makes a PDF smaller so it's easier to email, upload or store. It works entirely in your browser and is especially effective on scanned documents and image-heavy PDFs.
Choose a compression level, and the tool re-encodes each page to shrink the file. Nothing is uploaded to a server.
Features
- Three levels — Strong, Balanced or Light
- See the before and after size and how much you saved
- Works on documents of any length
- 100% in your browser — your PDF is never uploaded
Good to know
- This compressor rasterizes pages (re-encodes them as images), which is why it shrinks scanned and image-heavy PDFs so well. A side effect is that selectable text becomes part of the image, so use it when smaller size matters more than text selection.
How to use it
- Upload a PDF — click the upload area or drag and drop
- Pick a compression level — Strong, Balanced or Light
- Compress — then check the new size
- Download — save the smaller PDF