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Compress PDF

Reduce a PDF's file size by stripping metadata and rebuilding its structure.

Heads up: This strips metadata and rebuilds the file structure for real but modest savings. It does not recompress embedded images, so heavily image-based PDFs won't shrink much.

Drop a PDF here

or choose from your device — up to 50MB (go higher with Premium)

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Files are processed and deleted automatically — nothing is kept after 2 hours, sooner once you download.

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How it works
01

Upload your PDF.

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We strip metadata and rebuild the file structure.

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Select Compress PDF to download the result — we'll show you how much smaller it got.

FAQ

It depends on the file — PDFs with a lot of metadata shrink more; heavily image-based PDFs see only modest gains, since embedded images aren't recompressed.

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