Reduce PDF size

Make a PDF smaller without a watermark. This page starts on the balanced setting so most files stay readable.

Reduce PDF size without a second product

People search “reduce PDF size” when they want a smaller file and do not care what the tool is named. This page runs the same Ghostscript job as Compress PDF and starts on the balanced setting.

Balanced quality is the right first try for reports, letters, and mixed documents. If you have a 2 MB form cap, use Compress PDF to 2MB. If you are attaching the file to email, use Compress PDF for email.

Working files are deleted after 60 minutes. We do not add a watermark. Free accounts get 5 jobs a day. The API compress endpoint is the same job if you need it in a script.

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