Drop your file here
or choose a file · PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF or BMP
- Deleted automatically
- Free, no watermark
- Quality kept where possible
Getting a PDF under 1 MB
Job sites and applicant tracking systems often cap resumes, cover letters and portfolios at 1 MB. A resume exported from Word or Google Docs is usually well under that already. Oversized ones are almost always carrying a large photo or come from a design tool.
Text and vector graphics stay sharp at every setting. Only embedded images are resampled, so a headshot or logo gets smaller while your text stays crisp.
Tips
- PDFs exported from design tools often embed images at full resolution, which is exactly what we reduce.
- Keep your text as real text rather than a scanned image, so applicant tracking systems can read it.
- The download is named yourfile.fit.pdf. Rename it to something like firstname-lastname-resume.pdf before you apply.
How it works
- 1
Drop your file
A PDF or an image. It goes over an encrypted connection and nowhere else.
- 2
Pick your limit
Choose the size the form asks for. We start with a cleanup that changes nothing you can see.
- 3
Download it
If it needs more, we find the gentlest quality setting that still fits, and delete everything soon after.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no watermark.
What happens to my file?
It is processed on our server and deleted automatically: the original 5 minutes after the run finishes, the compressed file after 10. A file you upload but never compress is deleted within 30 minutes. You can also delete everything right away with Delete now.
Will it look worse?
We try a lossless cleanup first, which does not change how the file looks. Only if that is not enough do we lower image quality, and we pick the gentlest setting that still fits your size.
What if my file cannot get that small?
You get the smallest version we could make and a clear note saying so, instead of a file that silently misses the limit.
Why does the size page aim a little under its limit?
Some sites count a kilobyte as 1000 bytes and others as 1024. We aim under the stricter one, so a 200 KB page aims for 200,000 bytes and the file passes either way.