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PDF Compressor (Keeps Text)
Shrink a PDF by re-encoding its images. Text stays selectable.
Advanced options
Only the pictures inside the PDF are re-encoded. Text, links and vector drawings are kept, so words stay selectable and searchable. Need a tiny file for a form? Try Compress PDF to a target size instead.
Your files are processed on your device and are never uploaded.
This PDF compressor makes big PDF files small enough to email, upload or share, without turning your pages into pictures. Your text stays real text: you can still select it, copy it and search it after compression.
It works by finding the photos and scanned images inside the PDF and saving them again at a sensible resolution and quality. Fonts, text, links, form fields and vector drawings are left exactly as they were.
How to Compress a PDF
- Choose your PDF, or drag and drop it into the box above.
- Pick a compression level (Medium suits most files), or open Exact size and type the size you need in KB or MB.
- Open Advanced options if you want grayscale images, smaller pages or no metadata.
- Click Compress PDF and download the smaller file.
Why Some Compressors Ruin Your Text
The quick way to hit a tiny file size is to take a picture of every page and save the pictures as a new PDF. The file gets small, but the words become pixels. You can no longer copy a sentence, search for a name, or let a screen reader read the document aloud, and small print often turns blurry.
What This Tool Does Instead
In most large PDFs, the images take up nearly all of the space. Photos taken on a phone or pages scanned at high resolution can be several megabytes each, while the text on a page is only a few kilobytes. This tool therefore only touches the images. It reduces their pixel size first and then their JPEG quality, and leaves everything else alone.
In Exact size mode it tries several settings and keeps the best-looking version that fits under your target.
Every PDF Has a Minimum Size
Text, fonts and the structure of the file itself still take up space once the images are squeezed. A text-only document of a few pages may not get much smaller than 50–100 KB. If your target is below that, the tool tells you and gives you the smallest copy that still keeps the text.
To go smaller anyway, use Compress PDF to a target size. It can reach almost any size because it converts pages to images, so the text is no longer selectable.
Which Compressor Should You Use?
| PDF Compressor (this tool) | Compress PDF to a target size | |
|---|---|---|
| Text after compression | Stays selectable and searchable | Becomes part of an image |
| Smallest size | Limited by text and fonts | Almost any size, e.g. 20 KB |
| Best for | Reports, ebooks, contracts, photo-heavy documents | Government and exam forms with strict KB limits |
| Runs in your browser | Yes | Yes |
Your PDF Never Leaves Your Device
All the compression happens in your web browser. The file is not uploaded to any server, so it is safe to use with bank statements, ID documents, medical reports and other private papers. It also means there is no upload wait, even for large files.
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