Compress PDF to 200 KB
Get a PDF of photos or scans under 200 KB for an upload form. No upload, no signup, no watermark.
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Getting a PDF under 200 KB
A 200 KB limit is common enough on application forms and document portals to be a familiar problem: the scan of a certificate, a signed form or a few pages of supporting documents comes out at 1 or 2 MB, and the upload is refused. This tool brings each PDF to 200 KB or less when its pictures allow, and tells you plainly when they don't.
How to use it
- Choose up to 10 PDFs, each up to 100 MB.
- Press Compress to 200 KB.
- Check each note, open the result to look at it, then download it.
Reading the result
- "Under 200 KB: 1.6 MB → 184 KB" means it fits, and shows how much it shrank.
- "Couldn't get under 200 KB; the smallest was 310 KB" means even the strongest step wasn't enough. The file you download is that smallest version.
- "Already as small as this tool can make it" means there was nothing to shrink, usually because the PDF is text with no photos or scans. You get it back unchanged.
Why text-only PDFs behave differently
This tool re-saves the photos and scanned pages inside a PDF and leaves the text, fonts and drawings as they are. That keeps text crisp and searchable, but it also means a PDF made only of text has little to give. Such files are normally well under 200 KB anyway; if yours isn't, it may have many pages or embedded fonts, and sending fewer pages is the practical fix.
What else is removed
Besides re-saving pictures, the tool drops data a PDF reader never shows: embedded page previews, applications' private notes and the XML copy of the metadata. The title and author in the document's properties stay. This alone can save a little on files from some scanners and design apps.
Getting closer when it doesn't fit
Use Split PDF to keep only the pages the form needs, then compress again. If the form takes more than one file, splitting a long document into parts works too. For scans you can redo, gray at 150 DPI is usually plenty for printed text and far smaller than color at 300 DPI. If a stricter limit applies, try Compress PDF to 100 KB; if you have more room, 500 KB keeps photos sharper.