Make a PDF smaller
Make a PDF smaller free in your browser, without uploading it or creating an account. Pick Smallest, Balanced or Best quality, or fit the file under a size such as 2 MB. Only the pictures inside are shrunk, so text, links and selectable words stay as they are.
Drop a PDF
PDF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC/HEIF and TIFF. Images become pages without selectable text.
Private: your file never leaves this device. Free and unlimited, no sign-up.- Text stays searchableOnly the pictures inside are made smaller.
- See the size firstPick a size and see the result before you download.
How to make a PDF smaller
- Step 1
Add a PDF
Drop the PDF you need to make smaller.
- Step 2
Pick a size
See the new size for each option.
- Step 3
Download
Download the smaller PDF.
How this PDF compressor works
FastOCR shrinks the pictures inside your PDF and leaves the text alone, so searching and copying still work. You see the new size of each option before you download. Smallest suits email, Balanced reads clearly on screen and in print, and Best keeps photos sharp. You can also fit a file under 1, 2, 5 or 10 MB, set picture quality and resolution yourself, or turn pictures gray for smaller scans. If you add several PDFs, each is shrunk on its own and you download them together as one ZIP. You can also reorder, rotate or delete pages first, and the smaller PDF is built from your edited pages. Scans and photo-heavy reports shrink the most, while a text-only PDF has little to shrink. If a file cannot get smaller, you get your original back. Everything happens on your device.
Questions
Is it really free and private?
Yes. It runs in your browser, so your PDF never leaves your device and is not sent to FastOCR or anyone else. That costs us nothing, so it is free with no sign-up and no limit on how often you use it.
Will the text still work?
Yes. Only the pictures inside are made smaller.
Can I compress several PDFs at once?
Yes. Add them together and each is shrunk on its own. Download them one by one or all together as a ZIP.
How small will it get?
Photo-heavy PDFs shrink the most. You see the size before you download.