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PDF Compression Guide

How PDF compression works and why some files shrink more than others.

I Love Tool XYZ Editorial - 5 min read

PDF compression can reduce file size by rewriting objects, removing metadata, optimizing streams, and compressing images.

Documents made mostly of text often compress modestly, while scanned or image-heavy PDFs may need image resampling for large reductions.

For sensitive documents, browser-side compression can be useful when best-effort optimization is enough.

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