PDF tool
Compress PDF
Reduce image-heavy PDF files by rendering and re-encoding their pages locally, with an honest before-and-after size comparison.
Select a PDF
This method rasterizes each page. It works best for scanned or image-heavy documents.
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Maximum 50 MB per file and 100 MB total.
Private processing. Your files are processed in your browser and are not uploaded to Workiley.
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How PDF Compression Works Here
Workiley renders each page and rebuilds the PDF with compressed JPEG page images. This can substantially reduce scanned PDFs, but it may reduce visual quality and removes searchable text, links and interactive fields.
How to Compress a PDF
- Select a PDF.
- Choose balanced quality or a smaller file.
- Compress and compare the real byte sizes.
- Download only if the result is useful.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will compression reduce PDF quality?
Yes. Pages are re-encoded as images, so the smaller setting has more visible quality loss.
Why did my PDF not become smaller?
Text-heavy or already optimized PDFs may not benefit from raster compression. Workiley will not label a larger output as compressed.
Does compression happen online?
The tool runs in your browser; the file is not uploaded to Workiley.