Shrink scanned documents and image-heavy PDFs for email attachments, school uploads, and online forms. Choose a target size (200KB, 500KB, 1MB) or a quality level — text pages are kept sharp automatically. Free forever, no watermark, no sign-up, no task limits — every file is processed locally in your browser.
Drop any PDF here or click to select. The file is read and analyzed entirely on your device — it is never uploaded anywhere.
Choose “For Email” for quick sharing, “For Printing” to keep pages sharp, “Smallest” for maximum reduction, or “Target Size” to set an exact limit such as 200KB or 1MB for a school portal or online form.
Click Compress PDF and download instantly. No watermark, no account, no waiting — and the original file stays untouched on your device.
Choose “Target Size” and select ≤ 200 KB (or enter any custom value). The tool automatically finds the best quality that still fits under the limit — ideal for email attachments, LMS uploads, and online forms that reject large files.
Only image-based pages (scans, photos) are re-encoded — and you control the trade-off. “For Printing” keeps a higher resolution so small text stays crisp on paper; “For Email” prioritizes a smaller file for on-screen reading.
Yes — this tool processes everything locally in your browser. Your document never leaves your device, so sensitive files like bank statements, contracts, or ID scans stay completely private.
Text-based PDFs (created from Word, Google Docs, or LaTeX) are already highly optimized and can rarely shrink much — compressing them as images would actually make the file larger and turn text into blurry pictures. This tool detects that automatically and keeps those pages untouched, so you never end up with a worse file.
Yes — scanned documents are exactly where this tool shines. Scans store every page as a large image, so re-encoding them at a smart quality level can reduce the file by 60–90% while keeping it perfectly readable, and it stays printable.