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Compress a PDF for email

Email systems often reject large PDFs. Compress scans before attaching, or split a long packet into two messages.

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Honest limits: we re-render pages as JPEG. Best for scans/image-heavy PDFs. Text-only files may get larger or look softer.
Compression preset

Balanced: JPEG quality 0.72, scale 1×

Steps

  1. Compress the PDF below.
  2. Confirm size fits your provider (often 20 to 25 MB, sometimes much less).
  3. Attach and send a test to yourself.
  4. Keep the original offline.

FAQ

Gmail limit?

Gmail caps total message size near 25 MB including encoding overhead—aim lower.

Corporate filters?

Some firms cap far below 10 MB—use the under-2 MB guide.

Privacy?

Files are not uploaded for this tool.

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