Compress PDF to 1 MB
1 MB is the most common upload ceiling on the web — we find the lightest compression that gets you under it.
Drop your PDF here
or choose a file — processed entirely in your browser
Private · No account · On-device processing
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›If 1 MB isn't reachable
Documents with many high-resolution images or dozens of pages may not fit under 1 MB without hurting readability. We say so directly and hand you the smallest readable version instead of pretending to succeed.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this work on scanned PDFs?
- Yes — scanned pages are usually large JPEG images, which is exactly what this tool optimizes.
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