Compress PDFs small enough to email or upload
Big scanned PDFs get stuck in email and upload forms. Kifuli shrinks them on your computer. In our test, a 9.2 MB scanned contract came down to 416 kB with the Recommended setting.
Works offline on Windows, Mac and Linux · KES 1,200 ≈ US$9, once
How to use Compress PDF
Each step as it looks in Kifuli, from opening the tool to the finished file.
- Choose Compress PDF.
- Drop in your PDFs and pick Light, Recommended or Strongest.
- Click Compress. The smaller copy is saved beside the original.
The settings
What you can change before you run Compress PDF.
- Compression
- LightNo visible change. Restructures the file only.
- RecommendedDefaultPictures are re-saved at a lighter quality. Text stays sharp and searchable.
- StrongestPages become compressed pictures. Smallest file, but text can no longer be selected.
What it does
- Light: restructures the file only. No visible change.
- Recommended: pictures are re-saved at a lighter quality. Text stays sharp and searchable.
- Strongest: pages become compressed pictures for the smallest possible file.
- Your original is never changed. Kifuli saves a new file and tells you how much smaller it is.
Questions about Compress PDF
How small will my PDF get?
It depends on what is inside. Scans and photo-heavy PDFs shrink the most, often by 80 to 95 percent. PDFs that are mostly text are usually small already.
Will the text stay searchable?
With Light and Recommended, yes. Strongest turns each page into a picture, so use it when size matters more than selecting text.
Is there a size limit?
There is no upload limit because nothing is uploaded. Very large files simply take longer.
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