shrink PDF - this is how it works

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Compress PDF offline with PDF24 Creator

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Shrink PDF online

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Quick guide: Compress PDF offline with PDF24 Creator
Quick guide: Shrink PDF online

Can't upload PDF files because the PDF file size exceeds the maximum? We'll show you how to shrink PDFs..

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PDF files are the standard for exchanging text files online, publishing them on websites or sending them by e-mail. Sometimes it happens that the file exceeds a maximum upload size of the service provider. You can counteract this by compressing the pdf file. You can find out how this works in our tips + tricks.

Compress PDF offline with PDF24 Creator

PDF files can be easily reduced with the free PDF24 Creator tool. Read our step-by-step guide or take a look at the quick start guide .

1st step:

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Open PDF24 Creator and select " Compress PDF ".

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Now click on " Add file " at the top left .

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Select the PDF file in Explorer that you want to reduce and click " Open ".

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Reduce the values ​​for DPI (dots per inch) and for image quality . The lower the value, the smaller the resulting new size of the PDF. Finally, click " Save " to receive the compressed PDF.

Shrink PDF online

PDF24.org also offers a tool online to compress PDF files. You can read how this works in our step-by-step instructions or in the brief instructions ..

1st step:

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Open the website for the PDF shrink tool from pdf24.org . Click on " Choose files " and upload the relevant PDF.

2nd step:

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Reduce the values ​​for DPI and image quality . The lower the value, the smaller the resulting new size of the PDF. Then click on " Zoom out ". PDF24 is now processing your order. This process may take a moment.

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Finally click on " Download " to save the compression of the PDF. The file size of our sample document has been reduced from 4.2 MB to 1.61 MB.

Quick guide: Compress PDF offline with PDF24 Creator

  1. Download and install PDF24 Creator.
  2. Open PDF24 Creator and click on " Compress PDF ".
  3. Then go to " Add file ".
  4. Select the PDF and click " Open ".
  5. Decrease the DPI and Image Quality values .
  6. Click " Save " to get a scaled-down PDF .

Quick guide: Shrink PDF online

  1. Open the PDF shrink tool from pdf24.org.
  2. Click on " Choose files "
  3. Reduce the values ​​for DPI and image quality .
  4. Click on " Download ".
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