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Compress PDF

Shrink PDFs for email, uploads, and storage. Browser compression is instant and private; server compression keeps text selectable.

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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.

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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.

1

Upload PDFs

Drag and drop one or more PDF files — scanned documents compress best.

2

Pick a Compression Level

High quality for printing, balanced for everyday sharing, or maximum for the smallest files.

3

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 substantially 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.

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.