Compress PDF to Under 100KB

Very small PDF size limits (100KB or less) are common on government portals, visa applications and older upload systems.

Achieving under 100KB:

  • Text-only PDFs: easily achievable
  • Image PDFs: very difficult without visible quality loss
  • Scanned docs: challenging

Best approach:

  1. Use Extreme compression first
  2. If still too large, reduce image resolution before creating the PDF
  3. For scanned docs, scan at 150 DPI instead of 300 DPI
  4. Remove unnecessary pages using Split PDF first

Reality check: a PDF with photos cannot realistically compress below 100KB without severe quality loss. Text-only documents compress easily.

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PDF Compressor

Shrink PDF file size without losing readability.

Drop a PDF here or click to upload

Max 50.00 MB · Real compression — typically saves 40–80%

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