Compress PDF to 200 KB

Get a PDF under 200 KB for an online form or portal. NightOwl keeps the best quality that fits under 200 KB, and tells you plainly when a file cannot get there.

Open Compress PDF to 200 KB

What you can do

Opens with Under a size set to 200 KB: choose your PDF and press Compress PDF.
NightOwl tries a few settings and keeps the sharpest file under 200 KB.
It aims under 200 KB counted as 1 KB = 1,000 bytes, so the file passes forms that count either way.
Text in the file stays searchable, and your edits and redactions are kept.
If it cannot get there while the text stays readable, it says so, gives you the smallest file it can make, and offers Split PDF.

How to do it

Open Compress PDF to 200 KB and choose your PDF.
Check that Under a size shows 200 KB, then press Compress PDF.
See the new size, then Download.

Good to know

A common limit for documents uploaded with applications: certificates, affidavits, ID proofs and marksheets of a page or two.
Measured on made-up documents: three photographed pages came to 145 KB at High quality, the sharpest setting, and five greyer scanned pages to 133 KB without going below the usual settings.
Only pictures are made smaller: a file that is mostly typed text, or already small, may not shrink much.
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Questions

How many pages fit in 200 KB?

Usually three to five scanned or photographed pages, and more for clean black-and-white scans: a three-page court scan of 8.9 MB came to 79 KB at the sharpest setting.

Will the text still be readable?

NightOwl tries the sharpest setting first and goes coarser only as far as it must. When it had to draw the text at under 200 dpi, the result says so, so you can check small print before you upload.