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Compress PDF files without uploading them.

Reduce PDF size directly on your device. The recommended Smart mode preserves selectable/searchable text, links and vector content instead of turning every page into an image.

Private by design

Your PDF stays on your device. No document upload is required.

Smart by default

Preserve searchable text and vector content first, with stronger image-based modes when you need them.

Never make it worse

If Smart mode cannot reduce the file, PDFSnacker keeps the original bytes instead of returning a larger copy.

Free browser-based PDF compressor

PDFSnacker offers two kinds of compression. Smart mode rewrites the PDF structure without flattening pages, so text remains selectable/searchable and vector graphics stay vector. It is the recommended choice for reports, invoices, CVs, contracts and other document PDFs.

When you need a much smaller file

Photo and Maximum modes are designed for scanned or image-heavy PDFs. They rasterize pages and recompress the resulting images, which can shrink files much more aggressively but can remove selectable/searchable text. PDFSnacker labels those modes clearly before you use them.

Why results vary

A PDF that is already efficiently compressed may not get smaller without changing its content. In Smart mode, PDFSnacker compares the result with the original and keeps the smaller version automatically.