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Compress PDF to 2MB

Fits a PDF under 2 MB. On our test pages that holds five scanned A4 pages at 150 dpi, eight at 130 and twelve at 110, and the page says plainly when yours is out of reach. Runs in your browser.

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Maximum file size

We aim under 2,000,000 bytes. Some sites count a KB as 1,000 bytes and others as 1,024, so this passes either check.

Up to 40 pages. A PDF that is already small enough is returned untouched, and a lossless rewrite is tried before anything is redrawn.

How to Use

1Add one PDF by dropping it on the upload area or choosing it from your device.
22 MB is already selected; change it with the buttons or type your own limit in KB.
3Click the compress button and wait. The progress bar shows which setting is being tried.
4Check the result, then open the download and confirm the pages are as sharp as you need.

About this tool

Updated October 6, 2026

What fits under 2 MB

Three pages are already under it. Five fit at 150 dpi, eight at 130 and twelve at 110.

• 1 page, 468 KB to start: already under, returned unchanged • 2 pages, 918 KB to start: already under, returned unchanged • 3 pages, 1.37 MB to start: already under, returned unchanged • 5 pages, 2.27 MB to start: 1.66 MB at 150 dpi • 8 pages, 3.62 MB to start: 1.79 MB at 130 dpi • 12 pages, 5.42 MB to start: just under 2 MB at 110 dpi These are measurements on test pages we built to resemble scanned A4 pages, not on your document. Real pages vary: a mostly blank page costs less than a photo.

Plenty of room for short scans

At 2 MB, five pages keep the best setting the tool has, 150 dpi, and still come to 1.66 MB.

Longer documents trade resolution gradually rather than falling off a cliff: eight pages settled at 130 dpi and 1.79 MB, and twelve at 110 dpi just under 2 MB. Because the cost of a page falls steeply with resolution, even a long scan can usually fit if you accept a lower setting than a short one needs.

The 40-page limit comes first

Within the 40-page maximum a scanned PDF should fit, because 2 MB holds about fifty-five pages at the floor.

At the 60 dpi floor a page cost about 36 KB on our test pages, so the tool’s own page limit is reached before the size limit is. What can still fail is a PDF with more than 40 pages, which you split first with Split PDF, or a document of unusually heavy pages such as full-colour photographs. In either case the page says so and offers the smallest file it could make.

Time and readability

Twelve pages took about a minute on our test computer, and 110 dpi sits above the 96 dpi setting that looked sharp in our test.

The tool tries several settings before it settles, so the wait grows with the page count; a phone will be slower. Open the result and read a page at full size before you send it. The method is explained on Compress PDF to a Set Size.

How many pages fit under 100 KB, 200 KB, 500 KB or 1 MB?
We built test PDFs of 1 to 12 scanned pages and fitted each under five size limits. The table shows what is possible, what one page costs at each resolution, and when a limit is out of reach.

Features

Returns the file untouched if it is already under the limit
Aims under 2,000,000 bytes, so it passes either reading of a megabyte
Up to 40 pages in one run
Says plainly when a limit cannot be reached, and gives the smallest file it could make
Runs in your browser; the PDF is not uploaded

FAQ

How many pages fit under 2 MB?

On our test pages: three were already under it, five fit at 150 dpi, eight at 130 and twelve at 110.

Is there a page limit?

Yes: 40 pages per run. A longer PDF should be split first with Split PDF, then each part compressed.

Will a text-only PDF get smaller?

If it is already under 2 MB it is returned untouched, with its text selectable. If it is over, redrawing it as pictures usually makes it larger, so the tool hands back the smaller of your original and its own result and says which.

Is my PDF uploaded?

No. It is read and redrawn in your browser.

Compress PDF to a Set Size

Fit a PDF under any size limit from 20 KB to 20 MB, and see plainly when it cannot.

Compress PDF to 1MB

Fit a PDF under 1 MB: three pages at 150 dpi, five at 130, eight at 96.

Compress PDF to 500KB

Fit a PDF under 500 KB: two pages at 130 dpi, five at 96, eight at 72.

Compress PDF

Shrink a scanned or photo-heavy PDF by up to 90 percent, or strip its metadata while keeping the text selectable.

Split PDF

Cut a PDF into page ranges or fixed-size chunks; get a PDF or a ZIP of PDFs.

Compress Image to KB

Bring a photo under an exact size limit such as 20 KB or 100 KB, keeping as much quality as the limit allows.