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Attempts to reduce PDF file size by re-serializing the document with compressed content streams. Does not re-encode embedded images, and many already-optimized PDFs will see no reduction — the original is always returned unchanged rather than a larger file.

This re-serializes the PDF's structure with compressed content streams — it doesn't re-encode embedded images, so PDFs that are mostly large images may see little or no reduction, and the original file is always returned unchanged rather than a larger one.

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Frequently Asked Questions

This compresses the PDF's internal structure, not embedded images — a PDF whose size mostly comes from large images may see no reduction. If that happens, the original file is returned unchanged rather than a bigger one.

Yes — pages round-trip safely either way. It just won't shrink files where the size comes mainly from embedded image data rather than PDF structure overhead.

No — a password-protected or corrupted PDF returns a clear error instead of an attempted compression.