How to compress PDF online
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Select your PDF
Click “Choose PDF file” or drag the file put for the page. You fit add up to 3 files at once.
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Choose how small e go be
Leave am for “Wetin we recommend” for most files, or put maximum size like 2 MB.
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Check the preview
Compare the original and compressed pages side by side before you save anything.
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Download your file
Save am, continue with another tool, or press “Delete now” make e comot from our server.
Pick the correct compression level
Compression na only pictures and hidden data e dey change. Text and lines go remain exactly as dem be. Try the levels below for one 12.4 MB sample brochure.
- Picture resolution
- 150 dpi
- Picture quality
- Medium
- E good for
- Email, sharing
Compress PDF to one particular size
Job portals, visa applications and university systems dey always reject files wey pass one size. Pick your target and we go reduce the file until e enter, then show you the result before you download.
Why my PDF big like this?
Most big PDF dey big because of one of three reasons. If you know the reason, e go easy to pick the correct setting.
High-resolution photos
Pictures wey dem save for print quality. “Wetin we recommend” go usually reduce dem by 70% or more.
Scanned pages
Every page na picture. “Maximum” with greyscale dey work best.
Fonts and data wey dey inside
Fonts wey nobody use and edit history. Even “Small” go comot dem.
About how to compress PDFs
Most big PDFs dey big because of their pictures: photos wey dem save for print quality, or scanned pages where every page na picture. Compression dey resample those pictures to lower resolution and remove things wey nobody dey use, like leftover fonts and edit history. Text and line drawings go remain exactly as dem be, so dem go still dey sharp and you fit select dem. Small dey reduce pictures to 300 dpi, wey keep print quality and e good for archiving. Wetin we recommend dey reduce dem to 150 dpi, wey dey look clean for any screen and na the correct choice for email and sharing. Maximum dey reduce dem to 72 dpi for the smallest file, wey good for strict upload limits but e fit make photos look soft when you zoom in. Greyscale dey remove colour from pictures and e dey help pass for scanned documents. File wey no get plenty pictures, like report wey be only text, no go reduce much. Compression no dey ever give you bigger file: if the result go big pass, you go get your original back with note say e don already compress well. If one portal set maximum size, use Compress to one size instead.
Limits: files reach 25 MB on Free, 200 MB on Pro and 500 MB on Business; reach 3 files for each task on Free, 50 on Pro and 200 on Business. Free get 10 server tasks every day.
Before you sign in, files fit reach 25 MB and you fit run 10 server tasks every day. Free account go raise am to 25 MB and 10 tasks every day.
E safe to compress PDF online?
Compression need our servers, so this na exactly wetin dey happen to your file and when.
- 0:00
Uploaded
Through encrypted connection go one server for UK.
- 0:04
Compressed
By itself. Nobody dey open am.
- 0:05
Downloaded
Or e comot sharp sharp with “Delete now”.
- 1:00:00
Deleted
The two files go delete by themselves.
Privacy: your file dey upload through encrypted connection go our UK servers, e dey process by itself without any person opening am, and we go delete am inside 2 hours (1 hour on Free), or sharp sharp with Delete now.
How to use the PDF tools: Step-by-step help with every tool, limits and your files.
Compress PDF: questions wey people dey ask
Compression go reduce the quality of my text?
No. Na only pictures and hidden data dey change. Text and vector graphics go remain exactly as dem be.
Which compression level I suppose choose?
Wetin we recommend (150 dpi) for email and sharing, Small (300 dpi) for printing, and Maximum (72 dpi) when you need the smallest file wey possible.
Why my file no reduce?
Maybe e no get plenty pictures or e don already compress well. We no dey ever give you bigger file, so you go get the original back with one note.
How I go take compress PDF reach under 2 MB?
Use Compress to one size, type 2 MB as the target, and e go dey try stronger settings small small until the file fit.