Compress PDF to a Target Size

1. Drag the PDF in, or tap Choose a PDF and select it.
2. Pick a target size: 1 MB, 500 KB, 200 KB or 100 KB.
3. Wait while each page is turned into an image and the file is squeezed toward your target: image quality goes down first, then resolution.
4. Download the result. The page tells you whether the target was reached; if it wasn't, you get the smallest file the tool could make.

This tool takes one direct route to a small file. It redraws every page as an image, then lowers the image quality step by step, and the resolution after that, until the whole PDF is under your target.

The catch: text in the compressed PDF is no longer selectable or searchable. It becomes part of a picture, so you can't copy a sentence out of it, search it for a word, or have it read aloud by a screen reader.

That trade is often fine for an upload portal that only needs a readable copy, such as a signed application or a certificate. Keep the original PDF for anything you still need to edit, search or copy from.

A small target on a page full of fine print can make it hard to read. Zoom in on the result before you send it, and pick a larger target if the letters look soft.

Look at the file size first. If the PDF is already under the form's limit, upload it as it is and keep its selectable text.

If it is over, work out which pages the form really needs. A one-page certificate inside a ten-page bundle is much easier to fit on its own, and the online PDF editor can delete the pages you don't need.

Then choose the largest target the form allows. A 200 KB limit doesn't mean you should aim for 100 KB: the closer the target sits to the limit, the more detail each page keeps.

The fewer pages a PDF has, the more of the size budget each page gets, so a short document keeps more detail at the same target.

• If the form accepts images, convert the PDF to JPGs under 200 KB and upload those instead.
• If you are starting from photos, combine them into a PDF with a size limit set, so it comes out small the first time.
• If you need sharp, full-size page images, use the PDF to JPG converter without any size limit.

Many online compressors send your PDF to a server and return a smaller copy. This one does the work in your browser; the site has no upload endpoint, so your file stays on your device the whole time.

That matters for the documents people usually need to shrink: application forms, ID scans, payslips and certificates. There is no account, no watermark and no limit on how many PDFs you compress.

You can use it in a phone browser too, though a very large PDF may need more memory than a phone has to spare. On a computer, the smaller PDF saves wherever your browser puts downloads.