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Reduce PDF file size and shrink large PDFs right in your browser. Pick a compression level, keep text selectable if you need it, and download a smaller file in seconds.

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Drop PDF files here to compress

or browse your device — add one or more PDFs

No upload size limit · unlimited files accepted · 100% free
Compression level
Best qualitySmallest size
Add a file to see the estimated size.

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How to compress a PDF

Reduce your PDF file size in three quick steps.

1

Add your PDF

Drop one or more PDFs into the box, or browse to select them from your device.

2

Pick a level

Choose Light, Recommended or Strong - or keep text selectable for a gentler squeeze.

3

Compress & download

Click Compress PDF and download your smaller file - or a ZIP when there's more than one.

The free online PDF compressor that just works

Need to reduce PDF file size for an email, an upload limit, or a portal that won't accept large files? This free PDF compressor lets you shrink a PDF and make it smaller without installing anything and without sending your document to a server. Everything runs in your browser, so even confidential files stay private.

Pick how hard to squeeze: Light keeps things crisp, Recommended balances size and quality for most files, and Strong produces the smallest result - perfect for scans and image-heavy PDFs. Prefer to keep your text selectable? Switch on Keep text selectable and the tool optimizes without flattening the pages. Either way, you always get back the smallest file - if a PDF is already optimized, we simply tell you so.

Whether you want to compress a PDF online, reduce PDF file size for email, shrink a PDF below an upload limit, optimize a PDF for the web, or compress a PDF without losing quality, this free PDF optimizer handles it in one place - no watermark, no sign up, and no upload limits because nothing ever leaves your device.

Everything a PDF compressor should do

From a single heavy scan to a batch of reports, shrink them all in one place.

Real size reduction

Cut megabytes off heavy and scanned PDFs with adjustable compression levels.

Keep text option

Need selectable, searchable text? One toggle compresses without flattening pages.

100% protected

Your PDF is processed on your own device and is never uploaded to any server.

Never bigger

We always return the smallest result, and tell you when a file is already optimized.

Batch compress

Add several PDFs at once and download them together in a single ZIP.

Any device

Works in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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Compress PDF — frequently asked questions

Add your PDF above, choose a compression level (Recommended works for most files), and click Compress PDF. The tool reprocesses the document and gives you a smaller file to download - all inside your browser.

Compression is a trade-off between size and quality. Light keeps things sharp, Strong makes the smallest file. For the biggest savings, pages are re-rendered as images, which can make text non-selectable - tick "Keep text selectable" if you need to keep that.

The Light, Recommended and Strong levels shrink files by re-rendering each page as a compressed image, which removes the selectable text layer. If you need to keep selectable, searchable text, switch on "Keep text selectable" before compressing.

PDFs that are already optimized, or that are mostly plain text, have little to compress. The tool always returns the smallest result it can produce, and if it can't beat your original it keeps the original and tells you it is already optimized.

Yes. Everything runs inside your browser, so your PDF is never uploaded to any server and stays completely private.

Use the Light level, or turn on "Keep text selectable". The keep-text option applies lossless optimization - it strips hidden metadata and repacks the file without re-rendering the pages, so quality and selectable text are preserved while the PDF still gets smaller.

Pick the Strong level, or open Custom and drag the compression slider toward "Smallest size". The live estimate shows roughly how small the file will become, and you can compress again at a higher strength if you need to go even lower.

Yes. It is completely free, adds no watermark, and needs no account. Everything runs in your browser, so there are no upload limits and your files stay private.

No upload limits. Because your files are compressed on your own device instead of being sent to a server, you can add as many PDFs as you like at no cost. The only practical ceiling is your device's available memory, so on a phone very large files may take longer than on a computer.

Yes. Add as many PDFs as you like, compress them in one go, and download them individually or together as a ZIP.