Compress, Repair & OCR Scanned PDF
Shrink file sizes up to 80%, recover corrupted files, and extract text with neural OCR
Choose or Drop PDF Document
Supports scanned books, legal contracts, reports, and large portfolio PDFs
Select Compression Quality Preset
Downsamples raster assets and optimizes font dictionaries to drastically cut file size.
Extreme Compression
Lowest file size, basic quality
Recommended
Good quality, high compression
Low Compression
Best visual fidelity, light compression
How to Use Compress PDF
Fast, effortless, and private in three simple steps
Choose Mode
Select Compress, Repair, or OCR from the top tab switcher.
Upload Document
Drop the target PDF file into the dropzone.
Process & Download
View the file size reduction and download the optimized PDF.
Why Choose Our Compress PDF?
Built for creators, developers, and daily productivity
3 Compression Presets
Extreme, Recommended, and Low compression with live percentage savings indicator.
Corrupt File Reconstruction
Rebuilds trailer catalogs and recovers corrupted or broken PDFs.
Tesseract Neural OCR
Extracts searchable and selectable digital text from photo scans and books.
Frequently Asked Questions
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