Compress PDF
Shrink a PDF so it fits email and upload limits — text stays sharp.
Drop PDFs, or click to choose
Make PDFs small enough to email or upload. Text stays sharp and selectable.
PDF, up to 25 MB each · several at once
Ad space · responsive
How to use Compress PDF
- Drop one or more PDFs.
- Choose Light, Recommended or Strong compression.
- Compress and download — several files come as one .zip.
Privacy
Your file or request is processed on our server, then deleted as soon as the result is sent back. Nothing is kept or shared.
Questions
Will text stay sharp?
Yes. Compression mainly shrinks images; text stays selectable and crisp at every level.
Why didn't my file get smaller?
PDFs that are already optimised can't shrink further without losing quality. We always give you back the smaller of the two files.