Shrink your PDF's file size while keeping it usable.
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Shrink a large PDF so it fits under email attachment or upload-portal size limits, while keeping text sharp and images readable.
Shrink your PDF's file size while keeping it usable.
Drag & drop files, or click to browse
PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images and more · up to 25 MB
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Choose standard or strong compression depending on how small you need it.
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PDF Forge LiB re-encodes images and optimizes the file structure.
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No - text stays vector-based and sharp. Compression mainly re-encodes embedded images, which is where most of the file size comes from.
It depends on content: image-heavy scanned PDFs shrink the most, while text-only PDFs are already small and compress less.
Standard compression is a safe default for most documents; use strong compression only if you need the smallest possible file and can tolerate slightly softer images.