Compress a PDF online
Upload a PDF and say how small it should be. Petal shrinks it and keeps it readable.
Open Petal, freeThings you can type
- “Compress this under 2 MB”
- “Make it small enough to email”
- “Compress it a little, keep quality high”
Personal and safe
Your files are only used for your edit, never sold, and deleted after 24 hours. Free gives you 5 edits a day. Pro is $2 a month.
Questions
- Can I pick an exact size?
- You can give a target size. Petal tries stronger compression step by step and tells you if it cannot reach it without making the file hard to read.
- Is it safe to upload my PDF?
- Yes. Your files are only used for your edit, never sold, and deleted automatically after 24 hours.
- Is it free?
- Yes. Free gives you 5 edits a day with files up to 25 MB. Pro is $2 a month (₹199 in India) for 50 edits a day and files up to 100 MB.