Compress PDF to 200KB

1. Upload your PDF (up to 50 MB).
2. The compressor automatically targets 200 KB or under.
3. Download the compressed PDF.

200 KB is a good balance — tight enough for most strict portals, generous enough to preserve readable quality. Perfect for exam portals, ID documents, and forms.

200 KB is the target for many exam portals, government forms, and job applications — tight enough for strict limits, but generous enough to preserve readable text and images. Our compressor iterates until the output is 200 KB or under.

The compressor analyzes the PDF, downsampled embedded images to appropriate resolution, re-encodes them efficiently, and strips metadata. Iterates until 200 KB or under. Text is preserved losslessly.

• Exam portal document upload (200 KB cap).
• Government form document upload.
• Job application document upload.
• Reducing PDF size for email attachments.
• Preparing documents for size-capped portals.
• Reducing scanned document size.
• Meeting typical web form limits.

200 KB is a good balance — images stay readable and text stays sharp. Scanned PDFs will have lower-resolution images but remain legible. Fine for screen viewing and online forms.

• Images are downsampled — visible on close inspection.
• Text-based PDFs compress much better.
• Encrypted PDFs must be unlocked first.
• Not suitable for print quality.
• For higher quality, use the 500 KB or 1 MB variant.

• Output PDF opens in every browser, reader, and OS.
• Text stays searchable.
• Accepted by exam portals and government forms.
• Standard PDF — no special software needed.
• Ideal for online submission.

• 200 KB is a good balance — 100 KB is very tight.
• Text documents compress best.
• For higher quality, use the 500 KB variant.
• Text stays sharp regardless.
• Batch-compress up to 50 MB at once.

Need to hit an exact size? Use our dedicated target-size tools:

Images look pixelated

Images are downsampled to hit 200 KB. For higher quality, use the 500 KB or 1 MB variant.

PDF can't reach 200 KB

Very image-heavy PDFs may not reach 200 KB cleanly. Try the 500 KB variant.

Text is still sharp

Text is vector — it stays sharp at every level.

• PDF Association — ISO 32000