Compress PDF
Compress PDF
Make a PDF smaller by re-drawing each page as a compact image and rebuilding the file. It works best on scans and photo-heavy PDFs.
Honest trade-off: after compression, pages are images — the text is no longer selectable or searchable, and very text-heavy PDFs may not shrink much (occasionally they grow). The tool shows you the real before/after sizes; if it didn't help, keep your original.
Drop a PDF here or click to choose a file
Your files never leave your device.
How it works
Each page is rendered on your device at the resolution you pick, saved as a JPEG, and rebuilt into a new PDF at the same page size. Because everything happens in your browser, there is no upload and no queue — and, as said above, the text becomes part of the image. That's the genuine price of this method, and we'd rather tell you than hide it.