Remove pages you don't need
Fewer pages means every remaining page keeps more of the size budget — split the document first if the portal only wants one section.
Compress a PDF to 200 KB
200 KB is the usual cap for multi-page proofs on application forms and visa portals. The target below is already set to 200 KB, and the whole job runs inside this browser tab — no account, no upload, no watermark.
Compress a PDF
Shrink heavy, image-rich or scanned PDFs so they fit inside upload and email limits.
Drop a PDF here
Works best on scans and image-heavy documents
Getting a PDF under 200 KB without wrecking it
Scans compress hardest
A photographed or scanned page is an image, so it costs far more than typed text. Scanning in grayscale at 200–300 DPI helps a lot.
Check the real final size
The tool reports the exact bytes it produced, so you can confirm it is truly under 200 KB before uploading anywhere.
Who asks for 200 KB PDFs?
200 KB is the usual cap for multi-page proofs on application forms, visa portals and tender submissions.
What fits inside 200 KB
Two to four scanned pages fit 200 KB when rendered in grayscale at moderate resolution. Keep the original scan at 200–300 DPI so the compressor has clean material to work from.
The usual reason it fails
Photographing pages at an angle with a phone. Skewed, shadowed pages compress badly — the document scanner on this site straightens and de-shadows them first, which often halves the final size on its own.
Questions about 200 KB PDFs
- Can I combine documents and still stay under 200 KB?
- Merge first, then compress. Compressing each file separately and merging afterwards gives a larger result, because the merged file is optimised as a whole.
- Will page order be preserved?
- Yes. Compression re-renders pages in place; nothing is reordered or removed unless you split the document yourself.