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Compress PDF

Compressing is about getting a PDF small enough to email or upload, especially scans that come out far too large.

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Image quality 70%
Best for scanned or image-heavy PDFs. Each page is rebuilt as an image, so selectable text becomes part of the picture. For text-only documents the size may not drop much.

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How to compress pdf

Drop a PDF, pick a quality level and resolution, and press Compress PDF. The tool rebuilds each page as a compressed image and shows you exactly how much you saved.

Questions

Why did my text PDF barely shrink?

This compressor works by re-encoding pages as images, which is ideal for scans and photos. A document that is mostly text and vectors has little image data to compress.

Will the text still be selectable?

No — because pages become images, text is no longer selectable. Use this when smaller size matters more than editable text.