Exact 150 kB target · Free · No upload
Compress PDF to 150kB
Give a detailed certificate or short multi-page form a little more room while staying safely inside common 50–300 kB PDF upload limits.
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How to compress PDF to 150kB?
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Upload the PDF
Drop your PDF into the box above or click to browse. Scanned documents, forms, certificates and multi-page reports all work. The file stays on your device.
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Confirm the target size
The target is pre-set to 150 kB here. You can change the number, switch the unit to MB or a percentage, and tick black & white for scanned pages that do not need colour.
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Compress and download
We try a lossless clean-up first and only re-render pages when the file is still too big. Compare the first page before and after, then press Download.
Where this size shows up
Where a 150 kB PDF is typically required
A 150 kB PDF is the useful middle step between a minimal scan and a generous document upload. It fits cleanly inside the 50–300 kB certificate window found in the 2026 JEE Main, NEET UG and CUET UG bulletins, while giving a marksheet, category certificate or identity page 50% more room than the 100 kB preset. That extra space matters when the page contains a small table, a photograph, a coloured seal or faint handwriting.
The target works best for one to three scanned pages: a degree or school marksheet, caste or income certificate, passport and visa supporting page, signed application, or short resume. A direct export from a document editor may need only the tool's lossless pass, keeping the text selectable. A camera scan is heavier, so the tool renders each page, shares the 150 kB budget among them and searches for the clearest JPEG settings that fit.
Use the size printed on the form, not the nearest popular preset. If it says 50–300 kB, 150 kB is deliberately centred in the range; if it sets a strict 100 kB ceiling, switch to the 100 kB preset. A five-page colour scan can technically fit but has only about 30 kB per page, so grayscale, a clean crop or a 300 kB target will give a safer result.
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Detailed marksheet or degree certificate
Small table cells, serial numbers and a coloured emblem have enough room to remain legible in a single-page 150 kB PDF.
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NTA certificate uploads
The target sits midway inside the 50–300 kB range used for several JEE Main, NEET UG and CUET UG document fields.
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Two- or three-page signed form
A short application or undertaking gets about 50–75 kB per page, enough for typed labels, ticks and signatures in grayscale.
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Passport, identity or address proof
A carefully cropped page keeps the portrait, numbers and machine-readable lines clear without carrying a multi-megabyte camera image.
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Compact resume or supporting letter
A digital two-page document usually fits losslessly and remains searchable, selectable and quick to attach to an application.
Reference
Portals with PDF limits around 150 kB
Typical limits from official notifications and help pages. Each row links to its source.
| Portal / purpose | Item | Size limit | Format | Source |
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| JEE (Main) 2026 | Class 10 certificate / marksheet and applicable certificate PDFs 150 kB is the centre of the accepted interval and leaves equal room above the floor and below the cap. | 50–300 kB | Official | |
| NEET (UG) 2026 | Category, Class X, marksheet, address and PwD certificates Prepare each requested certificate as its own legible file and verify the current year's bulletin. | 50–300 kB each | Official | |
| CUET (UG) 2026 | Disability / UDID certificate and applicable identity proof The same bulletin uses different ranges for photograph and signature images, so do not merge those into this PDF. | 50–300 kB | Official | |
| Indian e-Visa | Passport bio page / supporting document 150 kB leaves substantial headroom below the 300 kB maximum; use only the page or letter the application requests. | 10–300 kB | Official |
Limits change between recruitment cycles. Always confirm the numbers on the notification or form you are filling in before you upload.
Pro tips
Tips to reach 150 kB without losing readability
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Spend the extra 50 kB on detail that matters
Compared with 100 kB, this target is worthwhile for a marksheet grid, a face on an ID, a faint seal or small handwritten entries. Crop away empty margins so the added budget improves those details rather than encoding the desk around the page.
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Use grayscale unless colour proves something
Black text on white paper compresses far more cleanly without three colour channels. Leave colour enabled for a document whose coloured stamp, photograph or markings carry meaning; otherwise black & white produces crisper characters at the same 150 kB.
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Keep scans near 150 dpi
A4 at 150 dpi is about 1240 × 1750 pixels, enough for ordinary text on a screen and close to the tool's maximum render resolution. A 600 dpi scan creates sixteen times as many pixels but cannot preserve them inside this budget.
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Split unrelated documents
A portal with separate fields for a marksheet and category certificate expects separate PDFs. Combining them forces both pages to share one 150 kB budget and can also put the wrong document in the wrong field.
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Inspect the smallest text before download
Use the page preview to check roll numbers, dates, grades and the edge of any seal, not only the large heading. If those are soft, enable black & white, rescan the page square-on or select a larger target allowed by the portal.
Quality check
What to expect at 150 kB
One scanned A4 page at 150 kB usually keeps 150 dpi and a comfortable JPEG quality. Typed text looks crisp at 100% zoom, signatures remain continuous and a small ID photograph is recognisable; only very fine security patterns soften. A born-digital PDF may stay completely unchanged visually because the lossless pass simply repacks its objects and fonts.
A three-page form receives roughly 50 kB per page. Clean grayscale pages with typed labels and handwriting remain readable, while colour pages or phone photos with shadows may trigger a lower-resolution pass. At five pages the share drops to about 30 kB, so treat 150 kB as a practical short-document target rather than a universal limit. The result card reports the exact byte count, method and page count before download.
Good to know
Frequently Asked Questions
Is 150 kB a safe target for a 50–300 kB portal range?
Yes. The result lands just below 150 kB, leaving a broad margin above the 50 kB minimum and below the 300 kB maximum. Still check the current notice because portals can change formats and limits.
How many scanned pages fit in 150 kB?
One to three plain pages are the comfortable range. Four or five may fit in black & white, but each page receives fewer bytes and small print softens; for longer scans, move to 300 or 350 kB.
Should I enable black & white for a marksheet?
Usually yes, if every grade, stamp and annotation remains meaningful without colour. Grayscale removes lighting tint and frees bytes for the table lines and characters; leave colour on when the issuing authority uses it as part of the document.
Why did the compressed PDF lose searchable text?
The lossless pass could not meet the target, so the tool rendered each page as an image. That is how scanned PDFs are reduced aggressively, but it removes the text layer. The result card tells you which method ran.
Does the file leave my device during compression?
No. The PDF is opened, rendered and rebuilt inside your browser, and the finished download is created locally. No account is required and the document is not uploaded to our server.
How do I compress a PDF using Mb2KbSizer?
Start by dropping your PDF into the upload box or tapping browse to select it; the tool opens the file on your device. Next, check the Target Size field. On a preset page the number is already filled in, but you can change it and switch the unit between kB, MB and %. Tick black & white if the file is a scan and you want extra savings. Then press the compress button. The result panel shows the first page before and after, the new size, the percentage saved, the page count and which method was used. Press Download to save the file.
What formats does Mb2KbSizer support?
This tool accepts PDF files only, up to 100 MB and with any number of pages. It cannot open a password-protected PDF; remove the password in the program that created it, then try again. Word, Excel or image files need converting to PDF first, which most phones and computers can do through Print to PDF or Save as PDF. The output is always a standard PDF with the original page sizes. If you want to shrink photos rather than documents, use the [image compressor](/), which handles JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF and HEIC where the browser can decode it.
Is it safe to upload my PDFs to Mb2KbSizer?
Your PDF is never sent anywhere, so there is no upload to worry about. The browser opens the file locally, and both compression methods run on your own processor: the lossless pass re-saves the document with compressed streams, and the re-render pass draws each page and packs it into a fresh PDF, all in memory on your device. Our servers only deliver the page itself. This matters for the kind of documents people compress: ID scans, bank statements, offer letters, medical reports. They remain as private after compression as they were before you opened the tool.
Do you store my PDFs?
We cannot store what we never receive. Because the whole process happens in your browser, no copy of your document, its pages or its text is written to our servers, and there is no account history tying files to you. The compressed PDF lands in your Downloads folder and nowhere else. Our hosting provider keeps standard server logs for page requests, which record things like IP address and browser type but never file contents. We also run no database. For a plain-language description of what little data the site does handle, see our privacy policy.
What is Mb2KbSizer and what does it do?
Mb2KbSizer shrinks images and PDF documents to a size you choose, free of charge, without leaving your browser. Give the PDF compressor a file of up to 100 MB, enter a target in kB, MB or as a percentage of the original, and it works to bring the document under that figure. Typical jobs include getting a scanned marksheet below a portal's cap, squeezing a multi-page application form into an email, or lightening a report before sharing it. The same site offers an [image compressor](/) and a bulk image compressor, both built on the same no-upload approach.
Is Mb2KbSizer free to use?
It is, with no catches. You will not meet a paywall after the first file, a cap on pages, a size restriction beyond the 100 MB input limit, or a stamp on the output. We do not ask for an email address or an account. Ads on the page cover our hosting bill, and since your device does the processing, we have no per-file costs to pass on. Whether you compress one certificate or every document for a job application, the price is the same: nothing. There is no paid plan waiting behind the free one.
Do I need to install any app to use Mb2KbSizer?
There is nothing to install. The PDF compressor is a normal web page that loads its compression code (Mozilla's pdf.js and pdf-lib) into the browser and runs it there. Any current version of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari or Samsung Internet will do, on Android, iPhone, Windows, macOS or Linux. You can pin the page to your home screen through your browser's Add to Home Screen option if you like a one-tap icon, but it still fetches the page over the internet each time, so it is not an offline app. We publish nothing in any app store, and no software needs updating.
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