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PDF Slim
Compress PDF to an exact target size (100KB–5MB) entirely in your browser.
★ 4.5
Our hands-on rating
✓ Pros
- ✓Files never leave your browser — 100% local processing
- ✓Compress to an exact target size (100KB, 200KB, 500KB, 1MB, 2MB…)
- ✓No sign-up, no watermark, free
- ✓Batch compression included
✗ Cons
- ✗Complex PDFs with heavy images may need multiple passes
- ✗No OCR or text extraction features
Personal hands-on rating (2026-08). Loses points only for limited batch options on very large files.
Best for
Users who need to hit a strict upload limit (government portals, job applications) without uploading private documents to a third-party server.
Not for
Teams needing bulk server-side processing or OCR.
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