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Compress PDF
Compress PDF files in your browser with selectable quality levels. No signup, no upload, and no watermark.
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Choose a PDF
Drop a PDF here or choose one from your device. Compression happens in your browser with no upload, no signup, and no watermark.
Extreme, Recommended, and Less compression rebuild pages as JPEG-backed PDF pages for much stronger reductions on scanned or image-heavy files. Selectable text, links, forms, and vector sharpness may be lost. Use Lossless cleanup when preserving the original PDF structure matters.
Compression level
Free online PDF compressor
MultiToolX compresses PDFs locally in your browser. The Extreme, Recommended, and Less modes render each PDF page and rebuild a JPEG-backed PDF, which can dramatically reduce scanned or image-heavy files.
Because those stronger modes turn pages into images, selectable text, links, forms, and perfect vector sharpness may not survive. Choose Lossless cleanup when keeping the original PDF structure is more important than maximum size reduction.
Tool description
Reduce PDF size with selectable compression levels. Strong modes rebuild pages as compressed images, while lossless cleanup keeps the original PDF structure where possible.
Common uses
- Shrink large scanned PDFs for email, forms, portals, or storage limits.
- Choose a balance between smaller file size and readable page quality.
- Use lossless cleanup when preserving selectable text and links matters.
How to use Compress PDF
- 1. Drop or choose a PDF file.
- 2. Pick Extreme, Recommended, Less, or Lossless cleanup based on the quality you need.
- 3. Select Compress PDF, watch the progress bar, and download the compressed file.
FAQs
Which compression level should I choose?
Recommended is best for most files. Extreme gives smaller files with lower quality, Less keeps pages sharper, and Lossless cleanup preserves text and links with smaller savings.
Why can text become unselectable after compression?
The stronger modes rasterize pages into images to reduce file size. Use Lossless cleanup if selectable text, links, or form fields must remain intact.
Why did my PDF not shrink much?
Some PDFs are already optimized or contain content that cannot be reduced much in the browser without lowering quality further.