Shrink PDFs in your browser. Nothing gets uploaded.
Drop a PDF here
or click to pick one from your device
A big PDF is usually big because of its images. Compressing rebuilds those images at a lower resolution and repacks the file, so it downloads faster and slips under email size limits. PDFShore does this on your own machine, so the file you are trying to shrink never gets handed to a server.
Pick the preset that fits. Light keeps the pages sharp and just strips hidden metadata. Recommended is the one most people want. Extreme goes as small as possible and is best for drafts you only need to read on screen.
Most compressors upload your document to their servers, run the job there, and trust you to believe it was deleted. PDFShore never does that. The compression runs inside your browser with WebAssembly, so a contract, a payslip, or a scan of your ID is processed where it already sits and never travels across the internet.
No. Text stays as text and stays selectable. Only the images are re-encoded, and how much depends on the preset you pick.
You can compress files up to about 100 MB. Very large scans can be slow on older phones because all the work happens on your own device.
We can't. The file is never uploaded, so there is nothing on our side to store, log, or hand to anyone.