Will the text still be selectable afterwards?

No. Compression re-renders each page as an image, which is what produces the size reduction, so the result is visually identical but no longer searchable. Keep the original if you need the text layer.

Which quality level should I choose?

Medium for anything being read on screen, high when the document will be printed, low only when you are up against a hard upload limit and legibility is all that matters.

CompressaPDFtoasmallersize

Portal upload capped at 2 MB? Pick a quality level and this rebuilds every page as an optimised image, which is what makes scanned documents and image-heavy decks drop so sharply.

or drop it here — nothing is uploaded

How it works

01Add the PDF that is too large.
02Choose a quality level — medium is the usual sweet spot for scans.
03Compress and download the smaller file.

This tool runs entirely on your device. Your file is never sent to a server — disconnect from the internet and it still works.

Questions people ask

Scanned and image-heavy documents typically drop by 60–90%. A PDF that is only text is already efficient, so expect a modest saving there — and in that case try greyscale instead.

Guides

7 min read

PDF size limits on Indian government portals

Why UPSC, SSC, RRB and IBPS forms cap uploads at 100KB or 200KB, how to get under the limit without making a document unreadable, and the rules that reject a file even when the size is right.

5 min read

Why your PDF upload keeps failing

The five reasons a portal refuses a document — size, format, encryption, page dimensions and a corrupt scan — and how to tell which one you are hitting from the error you were given.

5 min read

How to reduce PDF size without losing quality

Which savings are genuinely free, which cost you something, and how to find out why a PDF is large before you compress it — including the cases where compression is the wrong tool.

6 min read

How to compress a PDF to fit an email limit

Why scanned PDFs are enormous, what compression actually trades away, which quality level to pick, and what to do when a text-only PDF refuses to get smaller.

Greyscale PDFConvert a colour PDF to black and white for cheaper printing.

Flatten PDFFreeze forms, layers and annotations into the page.

PDF to JPGTurn every page of a PDF into a JPG image.

Merge PDFCombine any number of PDFs into one file, in the order you choose.

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