Compress PDF
PDF ToolsShrink a PDF file size in your browser by re-encoding its pages at the quality you choose.
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One PDF at a time — processed locally, never uploaded
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This compresses by converting each page to an image at the quality you choose — great for shrinking scanned or image-heavy PDFs, but the text will no longer be selectable afterward.
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What you can do with this tool
- Shrink a scanned PDF before emailing it
- Reduce a PDF below a file-size upload limit
- Compress an image-heavy PDF for faster sharing
Frequently asked questions
- Will this make my PDF text unselectable?
- Yes — compression works by converting each page to an image at your chosen quality, which shrinks image-heavy and scanned PDFs a lot but means the text is no longer selectable afterward.
- Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
- No, compression happens entirely in your browser.
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