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Compress PDF

Quick: on your deviceSmart & Max: credits or Pro

Compress a PDF to make it smaller and easier to email or upload. Quick compression runs free and privately in your browser; Smart and Maximum compression run on our servers (a Pro feature), with Smart keeping your text selectable.

Quick runs private, no uploadSmart & Max upload securely, removed afterCredits or Pro for Smart & Max
Choose a PDF to compressDrag & drop or browsePDF filesQuick compress runs free in your browser. Smart and Maximum run on our servers (credits or Pro) and Smart keeps text selectable.

Compression

Runs free in your browser. Text is no longer selectable.

How it works

  1. 1Choose your PDF and a mode: Quick (free, in your browser) or Smart and Maximum (on our servers).
  2. 2We shrink it and show you how much smaller it got.
  3. 3Download the smaller PDF.

Best for

  • Getting a PDF under an email or upload size limit.
  • Shrinking a scan-heavy document to share faster.
  • Keeping text selectable with Smart, or smallest with Maximum.

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