PDF Toolkit · Editing

Compress PDF to 200 KB,
right in your browser.

Bring a PDF down to 200KB or less. The target is set for you; add your file and the tool looks for the clearest version that fits.

Target 200 KB preset

Text kept when possible

Runs in your browser

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Select Compress PDF to 200 KB file

or drag and drop here — up to 25MB free

Accepts: .pdf

Before you start

Shrink a PDF to 200 KB or less for an upload limit, keeping text where possible.

Workspace availability

This page has a wired workspace. Availability of external services and individual output cases must still be checked.

Before you start

Supported input selection: .pdf.

Review the result

This upload workspace processes the selected files in the browser. Review the downloaded output before use.

Use compress pdf to 200 kb in three steps

Select supported files

Choose files using the input control or drag and drop.

Set your options

Review the selected files and available controls before processing.

Review the output

Download only a completed result and check it before use.

What 200KB is realistic for

200KB gives a little more room than 100KB. It is typically enough for a short scanned document of two to four pages in grayscale, a one or two page certificate in colour, or a typed document of many pages. It is usually not enough for a long colour scan or a stack of phone photos.

As a rough guide, budget about 50 to 80KB per scanned page for a readable result. If your document needs more pages than that allows, trim it or check whether a larger file is accepted.

Common uses

Many online application and registration forms cap supporting documents somewhere around 200KB, for things like marksheets, proof of address or a signed declaration. The exact limit is set by each form, so read it carefully before you start.

What the tool does

It starts in the text-keeping mode, recompressing the photos inside the PDF at gradually lower quality and resolution. Your text, links and form fields stay intact. When it says done, the file is at or under 200KB.

If that mode cannot get there, you are offered Strong mode, which rebuilds pages as images. It is smaller but text is no longer searchable. Nothing switches automatically; you choose. If the target is still out of reach, the tool tells you and gives you the smallest file it produced.

Tips for 200KB

Scan at 150 DPI rather than 300 DPI; it is still readable on screen. Use grayscale unless colour matters, for example for a coloured stamp. Crop off margins and background. If a single page is a large photo, resize that photo before you build the PDF.