When a PDF is too heavy to send
Your email says the scanned lease is too big, or an upload form only takes a few megabytes. Compress PDF keeps the document the same and makes it take up less space.
What actually changes inside the file
Images are usually what makes a PDF heavy – scanned pages, photos, pictures taken with a phone. The tool lowers their resolution and repacks them, drops images that repeat and compresses fonts. Text stays sharp and searchable.
Three levels
- Strong compression – images go down to 72 dpi. The smallest file, with lower image quality; fine for reading on a screen.
- Recommended – 150 dpi. Selected by default: good quality and a much smaller file.
- Light compression – 300 dpi. Keeps high print quality, with smaller savings.
Savings depend on the content: a file full of scans has a lot to lose, an all-text file does not. If the result would not be smaller, you get your original back, along with a hint to try "Strong compression".
Several files in one go
Select or drop a few files together, or use "Add more" for the ones you forgot. They are processed with the same level, one after another, and arrive in a single ZIP archive. If one of them fails, the rest are still delivered and the result names the one that was skipped.
Where the work is done
This SnoopyWap tool runs on the server, not in your browser. The file travels over an encrypted connection, exists on the server only during processing and is deleted as soon as the result is ready. The limit is 95 MB per file.
Drop unneeded pages first with Remove pages. A password-protected PDF has to go through Unlock PDF first; afterwards you can lock it again with Protect PDF.