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Compress PDFs for Court E-Filing Size Limits

E-filing portal rejecting your exhibit as too large? Compress it without losing legibility, or split it into separately filed parts.

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PDF Files are only sent when you start the job.

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  • 10.0 MB per file
  • Up to 1 files
  • 300 pages
  • Kept for 60 minutes

Uploaded files are stored temporarily and removed when they expire. An accepted job keeps running even if you close the page.

Good to know
Files that are already optimized may not get smaller.

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Why filings get too big

Scanned exhibit binders, high-resolution photos and combined attachments grow quickly, and most e-filing systems cap the size of each upload.

Compress PDF rewrites and recompresses the file losslessly; text, signatures and stamps stay sharp. Text-based PDFs exported from Word shrink the most.

If compression is not enough: split

Image-only scans gain less from lossless compression. Split the exhibit into page ranges with Edit PDF pages and file the parts as separate attachments.

Whenever possible, export documents straight from Word instead of printing and scanning them.

How to use Compress PDFs for Court E-Filing Size Limits

  1. 1

    Upload the PDF

    Choose the brief, motion or exhibit that was rejected.

  2. 2

    Compress

    Optimize it in one click and see the new size.

  3. 3

    Split if needed

    Still too large? Split by page range and file separately.

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Tips

  • Scanning at 200–300 DPI in grayscale keeps exhibits small from the start.
  • Check your court’s local rules for per-file limits and exhibit naming.

Tools used

Merge PDFCombine several PDFs into one document in the order you choose.Compress PDFReduce your PDF file size for easier sharing and uploads.Edit PDF pagesSplit, reorder, rotate or remove pages.

Frequently asked questions

Will compression make the document harder to read?

No. Optimization is lossless; text, signatures and seals are unchanged.

Why did my file not shrink?

Already optimized or image-only files have little to gain; split the document instead.

Is client material kept confidential?

Files are only reachable from your session, expire automatically and can be deleted immediately after the job.

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and you are done.

  1. 1

    Choose a tool

    Pick the right tool and check its limits.

  2. 2

    Add your file

    Drag and drop, then adjust the settings.

  3. 3

    Get the result

    Start the job and download your output.

Your file. Your control.

Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection only when you start a job. They are deleted when they expire, and you can delete them earlier at any time.

Got a question?

Which tools are available?

Ten tools: merge, compress and edit PDF pages, PDF ↔ Word, PDF ↔ Excel, PDF ↔ JPG/PNG and OCR text extraction. Each tool shows its limits in the job panel.

Where do my files go?

When you start a job, files are sent to our server over an encrypted connection, are only reachable from your session and are deleted when they expire. Early deletion closes access immediately.

Do PDF → Word and Excel keep the original layout?

PDF → Word rebuilds fonts, images, tables and columns into an editable document; complex designs may differ. PDF → Excel extracts detected tables; run OCR first for scanned documents.

Which files can I use?

Depending on the tool: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, JPG and PNG. Password-protected PDFs and Office files with macros or external links are not supported. Size and page limits are shown in the job panel.