200 KB target
How to compress a PDF to 200 KB
- 1Drop your PDF into the box above.
- 2Check that the target reads 200 KB.
- 3Press Compress PDF and give it a few seconds.
- 4Download your file. It always comes out at or under 200 KB when the document allows it.
Why other tools miss 200 KB
Most compressors give you three buttons, low, medium and high, and then hope. If the result is 260 KB, you start again with a harsher setting and blurrier pages.
We work the other way round. You type the limit, and the engine tests several quality and resolution options for every image, predicts the final size, then corrects itself after a real encode. You get one download that fits, instead of five attempts.
Real results at 200 KB
We ran our own test files through the 200 KB setting and similar targets. Your numbers depend on your document, but this shows what to expect.
| Test file | Original | Setting | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 page scanned form | 4.65 MB | Extreme | 108 KB |
| 4 page scanned form | 3.75 MB | Target 200 KB | 162 KB |
| 9 pages of handwritten notes, phone photos | 8.25 MB | Target 500 KB | 482 KB |
| 9 pages of handwritten notes, phone photos | 8.25 MB | Recommended | 707 KB |
| 6 page photo brochure | 18.4 MB | Recommended | 1.07 MB |
| 10 page report with charts | 3.66 MB | Recommended | 565 KB |
Where the 200 KB budget goes
We give the bytes to what you actually read. A large photo on page one gets more than a small logo in the footer. Typed text and vector drawings cost almost nothing and we never touch them. Scanned pages often switch to crisp black and white, which looks cleaner than a muddy gray photo and takes a fraction of the space.
