Compress a PDF to a target size
Hit a 1 MB, 2 MB or 500 KB limit without uploading your file anywhere.
Upload forms, job portals and government sites often cap a PDF at a specific size, 1 MB, 2 MB, sometimes 500 KB, and reject anything larger. Instead of guessing with quality sliders, use the target-size mode: enter the size you need and the compressor works to fit under it, entirely in your browser. Your file is never uploaded, and you see the final size before you download.
How to compress a PDF to a specific size (KB or MB)
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Add your PDF
Drop in the file you need to shrink.
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Choose “Target size”
Switch to target-size mode and type your limit, for example 1 MB.
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Compress and download
Get a file at or under your target, built on your device.
Why compress to a size, privately?
The PDFs you need to fit a form are often personal: IDs, applications, financial documents. Hitting the size limit locally means you solve the problem without first handing the file to a compression service.
Compress a PDF to 100 KB
Common for government portals and job sites with strict caps. Switch the tool above to target-size mode, type 100 and pick KB. A text-only document usually fits easily; a scanned or photo-heavy file may need to be rasterised to get there, which trades some sharpness for size. If the tool reports it cannot reach 100 KB readably, split the document and compress only the pages the portal actually needs.
Compress a PDF to 200 KB
A frequent limit for application uploads. Enter 200 KB as the target. Most short documents, even lightly scanned ones, reach this while keeping text legible; multi-page photo scans are the usual holdouts.
Compress a PDF to 500 KB or 1 MB
The typical email-attachment and form-upload band. Enter 500 KB or 1 MB and the compressor usually gets there with modest quality loss, often keeping text selectable. Other common caps like 50 KB, 300 KB or 2 MB work exactly the same way: type the number, pick the unit. Whatever the target, the work happens in your browser: the file is never uploaded, and you see the final size before you download.
Frequently asked questions
Can it hit an exact size like 1 MB?+
It gets as close as it can while staying at or under your target. Some PDFs cannot go below a certain size without becoming unreadable, and it tells you when that happens.
Will the quality drop?+
To reach a small target it may rasterise pages, which trades some sharpness for size. For modest targets, text usually stays selectable.
Is my file uploaded to compress it?+
No. The compression runs in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Is it free?+
Yes, with no sign-up.