When job boards, government gateways, or admissions portals reject your scanned PDF due to file size limits, you can shrink it directly inside your browser. No files are uploaded to any remote server.
Select PDF
Open your heavy scanned PDF document inside the browser.
Adjust Settings
Pick a target DPI (150 DPI is recommended for standard forms) and adjust the quality slider.
Download Compressed PDF
Process the file and download the lightweight PDF ready for portal submission.
This tool re-renders each page as a compressed JPEG. It effectively reduces file sizes for scanned paperwork, contracts, and image-based documents. Note that purely text-based digital PDFs may not shrink and could increase in size.
Upload size limits vary by organization. You can select between 100, 150, or 200 DPI alongside a quality slider (40–95) to hit the exact megabyte target while keeping text legible.
Because pages are re-encoded as images, the resulting PDF will not contain selectable or searchable text. It is designed for visual reading and document verification.
Text-based digital PDFs do not compress with this method and might become larger. This utility is specifically designed for image and scan PDFs.
Yes. All processing runs entirely on your device using client-side web technology. Your documents never touch our servers.