In the process of working with PDF document files, there will be times when we need to compress or reduce their size to save storage space, or to send email more easily and quickly. Let's learn some extremely fast online PDF file compression and size reduction tools in the article below.
How to compress PDF files, reduce PDF size online
- Compress PDF files with Smallpdf
- Reduce PDF size with iLovePDF
Compress PDF files with Smallpdf
Smallpdf is an online toolkit with many features, including compressing and reducing PDF file size.
First, go to https://smallpdf.com/en and then select Reduce PDF size .
Click on the Choose files button and select the PDF file you want to compress.
After the file is uploaded, you will have 2 compression options. You can choose Basic Compression or Strong Compression , but with the Strong Compression option you will need to register for an account, then pay to use it (14 days free trial). After selecting, click the Select option button .
Wait a moment for the system to process your PDF file.
After processing is complete, click the Download File button to download the compressed PDF file. As you can see in the image below, the size of the PDF file has been reduced from 15.5MB to 6.91MB.
Reduce PDF size with iLovePDF
First, you access the link Compress PDF files of iLovePDF, then select Select PDF file and select the PDF file you want to compress.
After the file has been uploaded, you can choose the quality of the compressed file: Super compressed, Compressed well, and Compressed less. The more compression, the lower the quality of the PDF file will be, it will be more blurry than the original file. So you should choose good Compression quality for balance. After selecting, press the Compress PDF button .
After the compression is complete, the browser will automatically download it, or you can simply click the Download button to download the compressed PDF file to your computer. The message below will also let you know the % of compressed space compared to the original file.
Above are 2 free and popular online tools to compress and reduce the size of your PDF files. In addition, now there are many websites that provide this feature, but the quality of the compressed file is quite "modest" and not appreciated by users.
Wishing you success!