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Compress PDF

Shrink a PDF's internal structure to make it a little easier to email or upload. Runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

Good to know: this is a light, in-browser pass — it tidies up the file's internal structure but doesn't re-compress images inside it, which is usually where the biggest size savings come from. PDFs that are mostly text often shrink nicely; PDFs full of photos may barely change.

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Your file is processed locally on your device using your browser's own memory. Fundpeeps never sees or stores it.

About this tool

Compress PDF tidies up a PDF file to make it a little smaller, so it is easier to email or upload to a portal that has a size limit.

Be realistic about the result. This tool works on the structure of the file inside your browser and does not heavily re-encode the pictures. A PDF made of text may shrink noticeably, while a scan made of large photographs may barely change. For scans, reducing the size of the original images before building the PDF usually helps more.

How to use it

  1. Choose the PDF you want to make smaller.
  2. Press the compress button and wait for the file to be processed.
  3. Compare the new size with the original size shown on the page.
  4. Download the smaller file if you are happy with the result, and keep the original in case you need it.

Example

A report PDF is 3.4 MB and an upload form accepts 3 MB. After compressing, the file may drop under the limit. If it does not, the pictures are probably the weight, so compress them first and rebuild the PDF.

Tips

  • Always keep the original. Do not delete it until you have opened the smaller version and checked it.
  • For a scanned PDF, convert its pages to images, compress the images, then rebuild the PDF with JPG to PDF.

Questions people ask

How much smaller will my file get?

It depends on what is inside. Text-heavy files can shrink more than files made of large photos, and some files will change very little.

Will the text still be readable?

Yes. The goal is to tidy the file, not to blur it.

Is my file uploaded?

No. Compression happens in your browser.

What if the file is still too big?

Split it into parts with the Split PDF tool, or shrink the images inside it before making the PDF.