Compress PDF to 2 MB
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The short answer
A 2 MB limit is common on university and visa upload pages. The target below is set to 2,000 KB. The tool lowers the quality of the scanned pictures in gentle steps and stops as soon as the file is small enough, so you lose as little as possible.
Your files stay on your device. This tool runs entirely in your browser and nothing is uploaded to a server.
How to: Compress PDF to 2 MB
- 1Choose your PDF.
- 2Keep the target at 2000 KB.
- 3Press Compress and see the new size.
- 4Download it and check a couple of pages at full zoom.
At a glance
- Target
- Under 2,000 KB, below 2 MB by either count
- Method
- The gentlest setting that reaches the target
- Privacy
- Done in your browser; nothing is uploaded
Frequently asked questions
Does it always use the strongest compression?
No. It tries the gentlest setting first and moves up only as far as needed, so a file that is only a little too big loses very little quality.
My PDF is 40 MB. Can it reach 2 MB?
Often yes, if it is made of phone photos. If it has many pages, the pages may get softer, so check the result and split the file if it does.