Compress PDF for Email

Compress PDF for email in seconds, right in your browser. Make a PDF smaller while keeping text sharp. Files never leave your device. No sign-up, no watermark.

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Files stay on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

How to compress your PDF

  1. 1

    Add your PDF.

  2. 2

    Check the 10 MB target, or type the limit you need in KB or MB.

  3. 3

    Click Compress and download the smaller PDF.

Email attachment limits

Gmail and Yahoo Mail accept attachments up to 25 MB, and Outlook.com up to 20 MB. Larger files in Gmail are turned into Google Drive links, which some recipients can’t open. Company mail servers are often stricter, at 10 MB.

This page starts with a 10 MB target, which gets through almost every mail system. Change it if you know the recipient’s limit.

Private by design

Your file is processed by your own browser, in memory. It is never uploaded, stored or seen by anyone, and the page’s security policy blocks it from sending data to other servers.

Frequently asked questions

How do I compress PDF document for email?

Add your PDF. Check the 10 MB target, or type the limit you need in KB or MB. Click Compress and download the smaller PDF. It is preset to get the file under 10 MB and shows the final size.

What size should a PDF be for email?

Under 10 MB is safe almost everywhere. Gmail allows 25 MB and Outlook.com 20 MB, but corporate servers often reject anything over 10 MB.

How do i compress a PDF for email?

Add the PDF, choose a compression level (or a target size), then click Compress PDF. The result shows the before and after size.

How to compress a PDF for email?

Gmail and Yahoo accept attachments up to 25 MB, Outlook.com up to 20 MB. Staying under 10 MB is safest because some company mail servers set lower limits.

Will compression make my PDF blurry?

Text and vector graphics are never touched, so they stay sharp. Only images are recompressed. Light keeps images close to the original; Strong is visibly softer on photos.

Why didn’t my PDF get much smaller?

PDFs made from text (exported from Word, for example) contain few images, so there is little to compress. Large savings come from scans and photos.

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