PDFs were originally created to provide high quality material for printing, which equaled in large files. This disadvantage can be easily overcome with simple online tools to reduce PDF file size for free.
Follow these simple steps to compress your PDF files online.
Smallpdf
This is a simple website that offers many basic PDF-related features for free. Smallpdf offers adding files directly from Dropbox and Google Drive.
- Firstly, you can add the file by clicking Choose file, or simply dragging and dropping it to the upload box.
- When the compressing finishes, your PDF is reduced in size and ready to download.
- Smallpdf also offers options to download your file as JPG or Word file, which would reduce PDF file size even more.
FoxyUtils
Interesting website that is big advocate for the environment. FoxyUtils also offers option of adding files from Dropbox or Google Drive. The maximum total file size for PDF compress is 50MB, although it increases to 250MB if you register a free account.
- Add your files from your computer, Dropbox or Google Drive.
- Choose between levels of compression. Default compression reduces PDF file size while maintaining similar viewing quality. With Aggressive compression, size will be even smaller, but quality may suffer.
- Press Compress PDF! And wait for the process to finish.
- Click Download button and you’re done!
Neevia PDF Converter
This PDF compressor gives you more freedom to choose what gets compressed. It offers many advanced options to reduce PDF file size, and all for free. Unfortunately, upload limit is 10MB per file.
- First step includes compression settings. In the first tab Images, you can set different compression rate for colored, gray and mono pictures. next to that you’ll find Discard Objects tab, you can select all the objects you want to remove from your PDF. In the third tab Misc.Settings you’ll find more advanced options for formatting and compressing your file.
- Second step includes selecting file from your computer – Choose file
- Click Upload & Compress and wait for the process to finish.
- Click on the link with the name of your file to view it in web browser. You can also right click on the link and select Save link as to directly download it onto your hard drive.
IlovePDF
This online tool may be the simplest to use. The upload limit is 160MB for all files. They support adding files from Google Drive and DropBox. You have some control over the level of compression.
- Firstly select PDF file(s) you wish to compress.
- Then choose the compression level that meets your needs.
- Lastly, click on COMPRESS PDF button and wait until files are uploaded and processed.
- Download will start automatically. There is also a download link, that you can share for next 1 hour and 10 minutes.