Compress PDF to 2MB

Drop your PDF into the box above and press Compress. The tool is already set to a 2MB target, so it automatically applies the lightest compression that gets you under 2MB, then hands you a download link. The whole process happens on your own device.

Most can. Text-heavy documents compress dramatically. Very long scanned documents — say 100+ pages of high-resolution photographs — may not reach 2MB while staying readable. In that case we return the smallest usable version and tell you the target was missed, so you can split the document instead.

We always try the gentlest setting first and only escalate if the file is still too large. For typical business documents at 2MB, text stays perfectly sharp because it remains real vector text — only embedded images are downsampled.

It depends on the content. Scanned or image-heavy documents commonly shrink by 70–95%. Text-only PDFs that were already optimized may only drop 5–20%, since there is little redundant data left to remove.

There is no page-count limit. The practical constraint is memory rather than pages: a 500-page text document compresses easily, while a 500-page high-resolution scan may exhaust memory on a lower-spec machine. Closing other tabs frees up headroom for very large jobs.

Text always stays sharp because it remains real vector text rather than an image. Embedded photographs are downsampled and re-encoded, so quality loss scales with how aggressive a preset you choose. Less Compression is visually near-identical to the original.

Yes, and this is usually desirable. Author names, the originating software, revision history, comment threads and XMP blocks are stripped. That reduces file size and removes information you may not want to share — a genuine privacy benefit when sending documents externally.

Yes. Drop in as many files as you like — they are queued and processed one after another so memory stays under control. Each file gets its own progress bar and download button, plus there is a Download All option.

Yes, in two ways. Pick one of four calibrated presets for a quality-led decision, or switch to Target Size mode and enter an exact figure in KB or MB. Target mode steps through progressively stronger settings and stops at the highest quality that still fits your limit.

Any modern browser with WebAssembly support: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave, Opera and Arc, on desktop and mobile. Chromium-based desktop browsers are typically the fastest for very large documents.