How do I compress a PDF to under 200 KB or 500 KB?

Open BharatTools PDF Compressor, drop your PDF and pick Recommended or Stronger. The tool re-encodes embedded photos at lower quality and strips metadata. Works best on PDFs containing scanned pages or photographs - typical of filled sarkari forms.

Is my PDF uploaded to a server?

No. The compressor runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your PDF never leaves your device.

Will this work on text-only PDFs?

Savings on text-only PDFs are small (10-15%) because there are no photos to re-encode. The tool gives big savings on PDFs that contain scanned pages or embedded photographs.

PDF Compressor

Shrink a PDF to fit the upload limit. Files never leave your browser.

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1. Source PDF

Drop a PDF hereUp to 50 MB. Works best on PDFs with embedded photos.

Compression strength

Balanced - re-encodes photos at 72% quality, caps at 1500 px.

2. Result

Compress a PDF to see the result here.