Compress PDF
Shrink file size for e-mail and uploads while keeping documents readable.
Supported: PDF files · up to 25 MB per file
How to use Compress PDF
Compress PDF makes files smaller for e-mail and uploads. Four levels trade image quality against size, and text stays sharp and selectable at every level.
- Upload one or more PDFs.
- Pick a level: Lossless clean-up, High quality, Recommended, or Maximum compression.
- Compress and download.
Good to know
- Contracts, reports and anything people will search or copy from: use Lossless clean-up.
- The other three levels shrink the photos and scans inside the PDF; text and drawings stay sharp and selectable.
- You can compress before or after running OCR: the recognised text layer is kept either way.
- If a file is already as small as it can get, Papermint keeps the original rather than returning a bigger one.
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Questions about Compress PDF
- Is Compress PDF free?
- Yes. It is free with no account needed: files up to 25 MB, 3 files per task, 40 tasks a day. Premium raises that to files up to 200 MB, 25 files per task, 1,000 tasks a day.
- Which files can I use?
- PDF files (.pdf). You can add several at once.
- What happens to my files?
- They are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on Papermint's own servers and deleted automatically: after 2 hours if you are not signed in, or 24 hours if you are. "Delete now" on the result removes them straight away. Your documents are not read, shared or sent to other services.
- Do I need to install anything?
- No. Compress PDF runs in your browser on phones, tablets and computers, so there is nothing to download.
- Do I need an account?
- No. A free account keeps your results for 24 hours instead of 2 hours, so you can download them again from any device.