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Optimize PDF

Losslessly rebuild the PDF: remove unused objects, compress streams and prepare it for fast viewing.

Drop a PDF here

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Any PDF

Files

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Options

Only needed if the PDF is password protected.
Ctrl+Enter also runs the tool

How it works

  1. Upload the document.
  2. Run the tool — there is nothing to configure, because nothing about the appearance changes.
  3. Compare the real before and after sizes, then download.

What goes in, what comes out

Accepts
Any PDF
Produces
A rebuilt PDF, visually identical
File limit
100 MB per file
Your original
Never modified — the result is a new file
Retention
Removed automatically after 2 hours

When people use it

  • Tidying a file that has grown after many rounds of editing.
  • Speeding up first-page display for a document served on the web.
  • Cleaning up before archiving, without touching visual quality.

Questions about Optimize PDF

Will my file definitely get smaller?
Not necessarily. Optimization removes waste — orphaned objects, redundant data, uncompressed streams. A file that is already clean may shrink very little, or not at all. Nothing is lost either way. If you need a guaranteed reduction, use Compress PDF.
What is the difference from Compress PDF?
Optimize is lossless: pixels and text are untouched. Compress downsamples images, which does reduce quality. Optimize first; compress only if you still need more.
Does it change how the document looks?
No. The rendered result is identical, page for page.

Read more

How to optimize a PDF without changing how it looks Clean up a file's internal structure without touching a single pixel.