Compress PDF to 200KB — Target-Size PDF Compressor
Many portals, job applications, and government forms cap uploads at 200KB — and raw scanned PDFs blow past that. Drop in your PDF and this tool recompresses its embedded images pass by pass, lowering quality only as far as needed to hit (or get close to) 200KB. Your document never leaves your browser.
Compress PDF to 200KB
Shrink a PDF toward a 200KB target — quality drops only as far as the target demands.
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Private — files never leave your browser
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1 Add your PDF
Drag & drop your PDF here
or click to browse — one PDF at a time
2 Compression approach
The tool tries image quality 85% → 70% → 55% → 42% → 30% → 20%, stopping the moment the file fits under 200KB. Text pages compress with almost no quality loss.
3 Compress & download
Working…
✅ Done — your 200KB PDF
How it works
- Step 1 — Drop in one PDF (scans, reports, certificates — anything).
- Step 2 — Pick an approach preset: balanced, max quality, or aggressive.
- Step 3 — The tool decodes every embedded image, re-encodes it as JPEG at descending quality levels, rebuilds the PDF, and stops the moment the file fits under 200KB. Text and vector content is preserved losslessly.
Everyday uses
- Job seekers — resume portals with strict 200KB upload caps.
- Students — assignment submissions with tiny file-size limits.
- Applicants — visa, scholarship, and government forms that reject oversized PDFs.
- Freelancers — send portfolio samples that fit any inbox rule.
Rule of thumb: scanned pages shrink the most; if your PDF is already mostly text, it may already be under 200KB — the tool tells you either way.
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