How to reduce large pdf file size

If you need to send a PDF to yourself or someone else but it’s too large to attach to an email, you can reduce PDF file size for free using our online PDF compressor without sacrificing the quality of your PDF files. No one else provides online PDF converter and PDF file compressor tools like ours, at no charge at all. Our software is a superior choice thanks to its ease of use, fast PDF document compression, and suite of useful tools to work with your PDF files with ease.

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When your PDF attachment is too big to send: a free simple solution

Sometimes you spend multiple hours creating a nice PDF file. Then, after all that work, you probably want to share it, send it over email to colleagues or friends and then get an error message that the file size is too big. Don’t worry; we have a free and easy solution!

How to Compress a PDF

If you’ve ever dealt with trying to send a large file via email, you know how frustrating it can be. Many email servers flat out refuse to accept email attachments of a certain size. To help save you time and hassle, try compressing your PDF file before you send it.

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How to compress PDF for emailing?

Some PDFs need to be compressed to fit into email service providers' file size limits. We recommend shrinking file size using custom compression settings and removing all unnecessary assets. However, if that still doesn't help, you can use our PDF split tool and send PDF in separate emails.

How to compress PDF on MAC or PC?

With our Compress tool, you can make your files smaller either on Mac or PC - it works online on all modern browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Firefox. It means you don't need to have anything installed on your Windows or Apple computer. You can compress PDF on iOS or Android devices as well.

How to compress PDF without losing quality?

There are always some sacrifices when compressing files. You can remove metadata, reduce image quality, or remove assets like fonts. Even though sometimes you want to keep the document as close as possible to the original version. In this case, we recommend using custom compression options and removing metadata only. You can also set up image quality to 80-90% - this should make the file size smaller, but images would still look very sharp.