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Compress PDFs into a ZIP

Add one or more PDFs and create a ZIP on your own device.

Drop files here

Select multiple files to make a ZIP

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Files stay in this browser. Processing starts only on your device.

Ready when you are. Limits: 1 GB input, 256 MB per extracted file, 512 MB total.

Step by step

Create your ZIP in three steps

  1. Select the PDF documents you want to send together.
  2. Choose a compression level and, optionally, a ZIP password.
  3. Create and download the ZIP, then check its size before attaching it to an email.

Pack PDFs together without changing their contents

ZIP packages multiple PDFs into one archive. It does not lower image quality, rewrite pages or optimize the PDF itself. Most PDFs already contain compressed data, so a ZIP may be similar in size or slightly larger.

When an email attachment is still too large

Check the receiving service attachment limit. If the ZIP still exceeds it, reduce the PDFs with a suitable PDF optimizer or share them through a service you trust. ZIP compression cannot guarantee that an attachment fits.

Local processing, practical limits

Selected files and archive passwords stay on your device. Browser memory, archive size and compression method affect what can be processed. The tool shows its current limits and reports unsupported or unsafe archives. Use a desktop archiver for large backups, multipart sets or filesystem metadata that must be restored exactly.

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Frequently asked questions

Will this reduce PDF quality?

No. ZIP is lossless: extracting the archive restores the original file bytes.

Why is the ZIP not much smaller?

Images and PDF streams are often compressed already, leaving little redundant data for ZIP to remove.

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