How to compress a PDF to 200 KB (or any size)

Many websites, exam forms and job portals only accept a PDF under a size limit, such as 200 KB. The "Compress PDF to a size" tool tries stronger and stronger settings until your file is under the number you type.

Steps

1. Open the Compress PDF to a size tool.
2. Add your PDF.
3. Type the size you need in KB. For 1 MB, type 1024.
4. Press the button. The tool tries lighter settings first and only goes stronger if it must.
5. Download the result and check that the pages are still easy to read.

Open the tool: Compress PDF to Size

Good to know

• PDFs made of scanned pictures shrink a lot. PDFs that are mostly text shrink very little, because text is already small.
• The strongest setting turns pages into pictures, so you cannot select the text afterwards.
• If the target cannot be reached, split the file into two parts or scan again at a lower quality.