Compress PDF
Shrink PDFs for email, uploads, and storage. Browser compression is instant and private; server compression keeps text selectable.
Free workspace
Keep text selectable when the document still has work to do.
Browser compression is instant but rasterizes pages. A free workspace adds monthly server compression that shrinks PDFs while preserving selectable, searchable text.
Instant use
25 browser conversions / day
Retained files
7-day retained files
Text-preserving jobs
10 server jobs / month
Document tools
20 OCR pages / month
Compression surface
Shrink the PDF without hiding the tradeoff.
Pick a level, see exactly what it does to quality and text selection, and compare before/after sizes on every file before you download.
How it works
Compress, compare, and download in a few steps.
The flow stays short so you can shrink the file, check the savings, and move on without setup overhead.
Upload PDFs
Drag and drop one or more PDF files — scanned documents compress best.
Pick a Compression Level
High quality for printing, balanced for everyday sharing, or maximum for the smallest files.
Download Smaller Files
Compare before/after sizes and the percentage saved, then download individually or as a ZIP.
Why FileMorf
A PDF compressor that tells you the tradeoff first.
Fast and private by default, honest about what rasterizing means, and backed by a text-preserving server path when the document matters.
Private by Default
Browser compression never uploads your document — pages are re-encoded locally on your device.
Three Honest Levels
High quality, balanced, or maximum compression — each states its DPI and tradeoff before you convert.
Text-Preserving Server Mode
Signed-in users can compress on our servers with industry-standard tooling that keeps text selectable and searchable.
Details
The practical answers before you compress.
How compression levels behave, what happens to text, plus the nearby PDF routes people usually need next.
Scanned and image-heavy PDFs often shrink by 50-90% depending on the level you pick. Text-only PDFs are already compact — if browser compression can't reduce the size, we tell you instead of returning a larger file, and recommend server compression which optimizes text-based PDFs directly.
Browser compression re-renders each page as an image, so text is no longer selectable or searchable — that's the tradeoff for fully private, in-browser processing. Server compression (available to signed-in users, including free accounts with a monthly server-job allowance) preserves the text layer.
Not in browser mode — the entire compression runs locally on your device. If you opt into server compression to keep text selectable, the file is uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed, and automatically cleaned up on the schedule of your plan.
Balanced (110 DPI) is right for most documents shared on screen. Choose high quality (150 DPI) if the PDF may be printed, and maximum compression (72 DPI) when the smallest possible attachment matters more than fidelity.
No — encrypted PDFs can't be read by the compressor. Remove the password first (open the PDF and re-save it without encryption), then compress it.
Related routes
Keep moving through adjacent PDF work.
These are the next tools people usually need after compression.
Next step
Shrink the PDF now. Keep a workspace when documents keep coming.
Start with instant browser compression, then move into text-preserving server compression, retained files, and OCR when PDF work becomes part of a recurring pipeline.