Compress PDFs to fit a 200KB upload limit — the most widely-used size cap for online forms across exam portals, government services, and university applications.
200KB has become the de-facto standard PDF upload limit because it allows enough space for a multi-page document with a few images. It's tight enough to enforce file optimisation but generous enough to accept reasonable content. Most well-prepared documents hit this target with object-stream compression.
Choose your PDF and click. The tool applies pdf-lib's lossless object-stream compression. For documents that exceed 200KB after compression, the bottleneck is usually images — preprocess them or use ilovepdf.com/compress_pdf for image down-sampling.
Use it for SSC, RRB, IBPS, UPSC, banking exam registrations, MBA applications, and most state government portals. The 200KB limit is among the most common in Indian online services.
For a typical 2-page text + 1 photo + 1 signature PDF: compress source images to under 80KB combined before creating the PDF. Use grayscale for documents with no colour content. Save signatures as PNG at 150×80 px (clean, tiny).
Yes — the same compression applies to every page. Larger documents may need image down-sampling to hit 200KB.
Right-click the file and view Properties (Windows) or Get Info (Mac). On mobile, the file manager shows size.
Yes — they may also check dimensions, format (PDF/A vs PDF), or content. Always read the portal's requirements page carefully.
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