Compress a PDF to 500KB
Compress any PDF under 500KB in your browser — free, no sign-up, no watermark. The best quality that fits 500KB, found automatically. Files never upload.
Drop a PDF — we’ll fit it under 500 KB
or click to choose — compressed on your device, never uploaded
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Rollphy Pro lifts the file limit and unlocks batch mode.
500KB is a common ceiling for web portals that accept documents but don't want to store scans: application systems, tender submissions and internal HR tools often draw the line here. This page compresses any PDF under 500KB entirely in your browser — the file never touches a server.
The compressor first tries the cheap route: re-encoding the images already inside your PDF at lower quality while keeping every page's text selectable. If that can't reach 500KB, pages are re-rendered at the exact resolution a 500KB budget can carry, scaled just enough to fit. The result note always says which route your file took.
At half a megabyte, most single-page scans and a few pages of typed text keep full sharpness. Long contracts are the honest exception — the resolution spreads across every page, and the tool tells you when it had to trade detail for the limit.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I make a PDF under 500KB?
- Drop it on this page. The compressor searches quality levels and only re-renders pages when image re-encoding alone can't reach 500KB. The exact output size is shown before you download.
- Is 500KB enough for a scanned document?
- For one to three pages, usually yes. Each scanned page re-renders at a resolution the 500KB budget can carry — the tool shows the final size before download, so you know exactly what you're submitting.
- Will my text stay selectable?
- Yes, whenever image re-encoding reaches the target on its own. Only when the budget forces re-rendering do pages become high-quality pictures — that trade-off is always stated in the result note.