Compress and optimize PDF files
Make PDFs small enough for email and upload limits — choose a compression level or a target size — and fix files that won’t open, need flattening or must be archived as PDF/A.
12 compress & optimize tools
Compress PDF
Reduce PDF file size without unnecessary quality loss.
Compress PDF to 100 KB
Shrink a PDF to 100 KB or less while keeping it as sharp as possible.
Compress PDF to 200 KB
Shrink a PDF to 200 KB or less while keeping it as sharp as possible.
Compress PDF to 500 KB
Shrink a PDF to 500 KB or less while keeping it as sharp as possible.
Compress PDF to 1 MB
Shrink a PDF to 1 MB or less while keeping it as sharp as possible.
Compress PDF to 2 MB
Shrink a PDF to 2 MB or less while keeping it as sharp as possible.
Compress PDF to 5 MB
Shrink a PDF to 5 MB or less while keeping it as sharp as possible.
Optimize PDF
Remove unused objects, compress streams and enable fast web view.
Rasterize PDF
Turn every page into an image and rebuild the PDF.
Flatten PDF
Merge annotations and form fields into the page content.
PDF to PDF/A
Convert to PDF/A-1b, 2b or 3b for long-term archiving.
Repair PDF
Try to recover a damaged or corrupted PDF.
Common reasons people use these tools
- Get a PDF under a 200 KB upload limit
- Shrink a scanned document before emailing it
- Repair a PDF that shows an error when opened