Compress a PDF to 500 KB
Get a PDF under 500 KB for an upload form, automatically.
Runs on your device. Your files are never stored.
Short answer
To compress a PDF to 500 KB, add it to FileFleet and press the button: it tries the gentlest compression first and stops as soon as the file is under 500 KB. Job sites, school portals and insurance claims often accept PDFs up to 500 KB.
- Price
- Free
- Account
- None needed
- Your files
- Never stored
- Limits
- No daily limit, no watermark
- You get
- PDF under 500 KB
- Works on
- Phones and computers
How to compress PDF to 500 KB
- 1Add your PDF.
- 2Leave the target at 500 KB, or change it.
- 3Download the smaller PDF.
Questions
Do my files get uploaded?
No. Compress PDF to 500 KB runs entirely in your browser, so your files never leave your device. Close the tab and they're gone.
Is it really free?
Yes. No account, no daily limits and no watermark on your files.
Will the text stay selectable?
Almost always at 500 KB. Only if shrinking the photos isn’t enough does FileFleet save pages as images, and it tells you when it has.
Will the file really be under the limit?
Yes. FileFleet counts 1 KB as 1,000 bytes, slightly stricter than the 1,024 some sites use, so the result fits either way.