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Compress PDF to one specific size

Type target like 2 MB or 500 KB and get PDF wey dey under that size for upload portal or email limit.

  • E dey run for our secure server
  • We dey delete am within 1 hour
  • We dey process am for London
  • Reach 25 MB for each file
or drop files here

Reach 25 MB for each file · 1 file at a time for your plan

How e dey work

  1. Add your PDF

    Click Choose file or drag PDF put for the page.

  2. Type your target size

    Type the biggest size wey the portal or inbox dey accept, for example 2000 KB for 2 MB. Leave small space if the limit strict.

  3. Compress

    Press Compress. The file go compress with stronger settings small small until e fit under the target.

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  • Files up to 200 MB
  • 50 files at once
  • Saved workflows
Try Pro free for 14 daysAfter that, £7.99 every month. Cancel anytime.

About how to compress to one size

Job sites, visa applications, university portals and some email systems dey reject files wey pass one fixed size, and to guess which compression level go bring you under am dey tire person. This tool go do the guessing for you. E dey start with gentle setting and check the size; if the file still big, e go try again with lower picture resolution, and so on, and e go stop as soon as the file fit. E dey try maximum 6 times. If e still no fit reach the target, for example because the PDF na mostly text and fonts wey no get much to reduce, you go get the smallest result wey e reach and clear message say e no reach the target. If e be like that, try remove pages wey you no need with Delete pages, or convert colour scans to greyscale with Compress PDF. Text go still dey sharp for every step because na only pictures dey reduce. The smallest target na 50 KB. Strong compression fit make photos look soft, so check the preview before you submit.

Limits: one PDF for each task, reach 25 MB on Free, 200 MB on Pro and 500 MB on Business. Targets from 50 KB go up. 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.

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 to one size: questions wey people dey ask

Wetin go happen if my file no fit small reach?

After maximum 6 tries, you go get the smallest version wey e fit make, with message wey talk say e no reach the target.

How I go type 2 MB?

Type 2000 KB. If the portal strict, aim small lower, like 1900 KB, to dey safe.

My text go blur?

No. Na only pictures dey reduce; text and line drawings go still dey sharp.

Why the result small pass my target well well?

Each try dey use fixed level, so the first one wey fit fit land well under the target. This one dey make processing quick.