How to Compress a PDF Online
Reduce PDF file size for email and uploads without sending the document to a remote server. FreeToolMate compresses in your browser.
Steps
- Open the PDF Compress tool.
- Drop the PDF you want to shrink (within the size limits on the page).
- Pick a compression level that balances quality and size.
- Download the smaller PDF and check that text and images still look fine.
When compression helps
- Email attachments that bounce on size limits
- Job portals and government forms with strict upload caps
- Scanned PDFs that grew large from high-resolution pages
Related tools
- PDF Editor before you compress
- PDF Merge if you need one file first
- PDF to Word when you need editable text