How to compress a PDF for email

Step by step

1. 1

   Upload the PDF

   Open the compress tool and choose your file.

2. 2

   Pick a compression level

   Start mild for text docs. Stronger modes shrink more but may rasterize pages.

3. 3

   Download and send

   Check the file size and open it once before emailing.

If text becomes non-selectable

Aggressive compression may redraw pages as images. Use a milder level when you need copyable text.

Things to watch

• Remove extra pages with PDF split first.
• Photo-heavy PDFs shrink more after image compression.
• Keep the original archive copy.