PDF Resizer
Make a PDF file smaller in KB for an upload form, with the text kept sharp.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your files are never uploaded.
or drop it anywhere in this box
It never leaves your computer.
You get the best picture quality that fits. 1 KB is counted as 1,000 bytes, so the file passes limits that count either way.
Text and vector graphics are never changed. Only pictures are made smaller.
PDF Resizer at a glance
- Price
- Free
- Files uploaded
- None, it runs in your browser
- Sign-up
- Not needed
- Compression levels
- Light, Recommended, Strong, or an exact size limit
- Text and fonts
- Look exactly the same and stay searchable
- Watermark
- None
How to use PDF Resizer
- Choose your PDFPress Choose a PDF file or drop the PDF into the box. It opens in your browser and is not uploaded.
- Choose how smallPick Light, Recommended or Strong, or pick Exact size and a limit such as 100 KB, 200 KB or 1 MB.
- Compress and downloadPress Compress PDF to see the size before and after, and the size each level would give. Press Download compressed PDF, or pick Strong and compress again if it is not small enough.
Resizing a PDF usually means making the file smaller so a form or portal accepts it. Drop the PDF here, choose Exact size and type the limit, such as 100 KB or 1 MB, or pick a quality, and the tool finds the sharpest version that fits. Text is never turned into a picture, so it stays sharp and searchable. Everything happens in your browser, so the document is never uploaded.
How it works
PDF Resizer is a web page that does its work on your own device. The file you choose is opened by your browser, changed there and saved from there; it is never sent to a server, so there is no copy of it anywhere to delete, no queue and no waiting for an upload. Most online tools of this kind send your file to their servers and work on it there, and many keep it for a while. This one does not. There is no account, no watermark and no limit on how often you use it, and the result downloads the moment it is ready.
Resizing the file or the pages
This page changes the file size in KB or MB. To change the page size itself, for example from Letter to A4, use Resize PDF Pages, which keeps the file size about the same.
Questions
How do I resize a PDF to 100 KB?
Choose Exact size, type 100 and press the button. The tool tries stronger picture settings step by step and keeps the first that fits under 100 KB.
Other sizes
Compress PDF · Compress PDF to 100 KB · Compress PDF to 200 KB · Compress PDF to 300 KB · Compress PDF to 500 KB · Compress PDF to 1 MB
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