The usual way
Three sites, three uploads
- Convert each photo to PDF on one site
- Merge the PDFs on another
- Compress the result on a third
- Find it is still too big, and start again
- Your documents have now been uploaded three times
Free · made for Indian form uploads
Scans and photos into one PDF under 200 KB — in one pass
Drop your PDFs and phone photos together, see every page, take out the ones the form does not want, and get a single file at 100, 200 or 500 KB. No converting on one site, merging on another and compressing on a third.
The usual way, and this way
Three tools and three uploads, or one page
Here
One page, one pass
- Drop the PDFs and the photos together
- Every page appears as a picture you can see
- Take out what the form does not want, turn what is sideways
- Tap 200 KB and download
- Only that last step touches a server, and nothing is kept
The order of the pages is the order you put them in, and moving one is two taps. A photo is laid on an A4 sheet as large as it fits, never cropped to force the shape — a certificate with its edge cut off is a certificate nobody can use.
The numbers
How small does a document PDF have to be?
These are the figures that come up most often at a counter. The notification for your own exam or portal wins — limits change between cycles and differ by document, so read the upload page before you start.
| Where | Usual limit for a document PDF |
|---|---|
| SSC | about 50 – 200 KB |
| UPSC | up to about 300 KB |
| IBPS and bank exams | about 20 – 500 KB |
| State recruitment and university portals | usually 100, 200 or 500 KB |
A phone photo of a coloured marksheet is commonly 2 to 10 MB, so a three-page set starts at twenty times the limit. That is normal, and it still gets there.
Worth knowing
The page you delete is the biggest saving
Throw pages out first
Every scanned page you remove is roughly a hundred kilobytes gone before any compression starts. A blank back side, a duplicate, the page the form never asked for — those are worth more than any quality setting. That is why the pages are shown to you first.
Then squeeze, and know what it cost
A PDF is tidied first, which keeps the words as words. Only if that is not small enough do the pages become pictures — and the result says which happened, so you are never left wondering why the text stopped being text.
A number you can trust
The size shown is the real size of the file you are about to download. If it cannot reach what you asked for, it says so and gives you the smallest it managed, rather than handing over something too big as though it were done.
About your documents
What actually leaves your computer
Plenty of tools say "processed in your browser". Here is exactly where the line is, so you can judge it yourself rather than take a promise.
Stays on your computer
Reading the PDFs, drawing every page, joining, reordering, turning, taking pages out, turning photos into pages, splitting, and saving pages as JPG. You can pull the network cable out after the page loads and all of that still works.
Goes to our server, once
Only squeezing to a size, and only when you ask for it. Squeezing a PDF in a browser would mean downloading a very large library first, so the finished file goes to our server for a moment, is squeezed and comes straight back. It is not saved and it is not logged. Leave that box unticked and nothing goes anywhere.
Questions
Common questions
How do I merge PDFs into one file under 200 KB?
Open PDF Tools and drop in every PDF you want joined. All of their pages appear together as pictures, in the order you added them. Take out any page the form does not want, tap 200 KB and press Make the PDF. Joining happens in your browser; the squeeze is one trip to our server and back.
Can I turn JPG photos into a PDF here?
Yes. Drop JPG, PNG or WebP photos in, on their own or alongside PDFs, and each becomes a page. A photo is laid on an A4 sheet as large as it fits and centred, with the sheet turning to match — a landscape photo gets a landscape page rather than two white bands. Nothing is cropped off.
How do I compress a PDF to 100 KB or 200 KB?
Tick Squeeze it to a size, or just tap one of 100, 200 or 500 KB. The file is tidied first, which keeps the text selectable; if that is not enough the pages are turned into pictures at the best resolution and quality that still fits. A 7 MB three-page scan reaches 123 KB in a few seconds and is still perfectly readable.
Will the text still be selectable after compressing?
Sometimes, and you are told which. Tidying a PDF keeps the words as words, and that is tried first. If the target is small enough that the pages have to become pictures, the result says pages became pictures. For a form upload that is usually fine, but check whether your portal needs searchable text.
Is it safe for an Aadhaar card or a marksheet?
The joining, the page shuffling and the splitting never leave your computer, so for everything except the optional squeeze the answer is that the file is never sent anywhere at all. The squeeze is the one exception and it is a tick box: the file goes to our server for a moment, is squeezed, comes back, and is neither saved nor logged. If you would rather nothing left the computer, leave it unticked and compress the pictures before you start.
How do I remove a page from a PDF?
Every page is shown as a picture. Tap the picture to see it large enough to be sure, then press the ✕ under it. If you remove the wrong one, Undo puts it back where it was. Removing pages is also the fastest way to reach a size limit: each scanned page is roughly a hundred kilobytes gone before any compression starts.
How do I rotate a sideways scan?
Press the ↻ under the page. Each press turns that one page a quarter turn, and the turn is carried into the finished PDF, so a scan that came in sideways prints and uploads the right way up.
Why does my PDF upload keep failing?
Usually the size, sometimes the format, occasionally the page count. Check the notification for the exact limit, remove pages the form did not ask for, and squeeze what is left. If it still will not fit, the tool tells you the smallest it managed rather than pretending — at that point fewer pages, or a larger limit if the portal allows one, is the only honest answer.
Is it free, and do I need to install anything?
It is free and there is nothing to install. You sign in once with a free Your Astha account, which also unlocks the other Easy Tools, and it runs in any modern browser on a phone or a shop computer.