Compress PDF

Two honest modes: Light keeps text selectable (2–20%), Strong downsamples images (30–80%). No signup.

Runs in your browser. No account, no upload, no watermark.

How to compress pdf

  1. Drop a PDF
  2. Pick Light (keep text) or Strong (smallest)
  3. Download — method + before/after shown

Questions

Why two modes?

Light is lossless. Strong rasterizes pages to ~150 DPI JPEG — much smaller, but text becomes images.

Which for a resume?

Always Light. Strong kills ATS readability.

Why didn't Light shrink much?

Your PDF is mostly images. Light never touches pixels by design — use Strong or re-export from Word.

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