Compress PDF to 2MB
Compress a PDF below 2 MB for email attachments, e-filing and recruitment sites. Most files get there losslessly, with no change in quality; free, no sign-up.
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Compress a PDF below 2 MB for email attachments, e-filing and recruitment sites. Most files get there losslessly, with no change in quality; free, no sign-up.
Drop files here or click to browse
Upload one file
Accepted: PDF
2 MB is a common ceiling for email attachments in company mail systems, court and council e-filing, visa appointment sites and many recruitment portals. Most documents get below it with lossless compression alone, so nothing visible changes and text stays selectable. Files that are far above 2 MB nearly always contain full-resolution photos or colour scans; for those, Fileixa turns the pages into images at gradually lower resolution and keeps the first version below 2 MB, which also makes the text unselectable.
2 MB is a typical limit for email attachments in company systems, court and council e-filing portals, and many recruitment sites. Most documents reach it with lossless compression alone, so quality is usually unaffected.
If a file is well above 2 MB, it is almost always because of full-resolution photos or colour scans inside, and those are the pages that will be simplified if lossless compression is not enough.
First the PDF is recompressed losslessly, which keeps text selectable and images untouched. If that already fits, you are done with no loss of quality. If not, the pages are turned into compressed images at progressively lower resolution and quality until the file fits, and the smallest version that fits is kept.
That second step is lossy: text in the result is no longer selectable, and fine print gets softer as the target shrinks. The tool always reports whether the target was reached; if even the strongest pass cannot fit, you get the smallest file it could make, labelled as a miss rather than passed off as a success.
Not always: some systems use 2,000 KB and others 2,048 KB (2 × 1,024). This tool targets below 2,048 KB; if a portal rejects a file just under that, try the 1 MB tool to leave a margin.
For most documents, no. Lossless compression usually gets them below 2 MB. Only files full of large photos or scans need lossy steps, and the result tells you when that happened.