Compress a PDF or photo to under 200 KB.
Set 200 KB, pick PDF, photo, or photos to one PDF, and press Compress. Two or three printed A4 pages usually fit under 200 KB with black and white on. The tool keeps the file under 200,000 bytes and shows the exact size.
The National Scholarship Portal says each document for its disability schemes must not exceed 200 KB, and accepts PDF or JPEG. Several exams in our data also cap the photo at 200 KB, listed below.
If you have photos of a certificate front and back, the "Photos to one PDF" tab puts them on A4 pages in one file under the limit.
The tool runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Updated 19 October 2026.
The file will be at most 2,00,000 bytes, so it passes a 200 KB limit whether the portal counts 1 KB as 1,000 or 1,024 bytes.
How to use it
- Pick what you have: a photo or scan (JPG out), a PDF, or several photos to join into one PDF.
- Set the maximum file size to 200 KB. Use the number printed in your notice.
- Turn on black and white for a printed certificate or marksheet. Leave it off for your own photo.
- Drop the file and press Compress. The tool tries a lower JPG quality first and makes the image smaller only if it has to.
- Check the result: the size in KB and bytes, the pixels or pages, and whether the text still reads. Then download it.
Portals with this limit
- National Scholarship Portal, DEPwD schemes: Each supporting documentPDF or JPEG, up to 200 KB each
The size of the each document should not exceed 200kb.
NSP FAQ for the scholarship schemes for students with disabilities, page 3.
Read from the official documents linked above on 30 September 2026. Limits change between cycles, so check the notice for the year you are applying in.
Exams with a limit at this size
Photo up to 200 KB
- CSIR NET · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- CUET UG · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- JEE Advanced · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- JEE Main · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- NEET UG · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- NIFT · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- RIMCEE · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- RMS CET · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- SWAYAM · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- UGC NET · 200 × 230 px, 10 to 200 KB
- UPSC CAPF AC · 350 × 350 px, 20 to 200 KB
- UPSC CDS · 350 × 350 px, 20 to 200 KB
- UPSC CSE · 350 × 350 px, 20 to 200 KB
- UPSC ESE · 350 × 350 px, 20 to 200 KB
- UPSC Geo-Scientist · 350 × 350 px, 20 to 200 KB
- UPSC NDA · 350 × 350 px, 20 to 200 KB
From each exam's latest notification in our data. When the form also fixes the pixel size, the exam page has a resizer set to both.
Tips
- Put the front and back of one certificate into one PDF with the "Photos to one PDF" tab, if the portal gives one slot for it.
- Keep each certificate in its own file. Six certificates in one 200 KB file leave too little for any of them.
- If the preview looks faint, compress again with black and white off. Some scanner apps already make grey text.
- A PDF that is already under 200 KB can go up as it is. The tool tells you when that is the case.
Other sizes
Need exact pixels as well as KB? Use the photo and signature resizer.
Frequently asked questions
- How many pages fit in a 200 KB PDF?
- Two or three printed A4 pages usually fit with readable text when they are cropped and in black and white. Pages with colour photos or stamps take more room, so expect one or two.
- Should I upload a JPG or a PDF?
- Upload whichever the slot asks for. The NSP disability-scheme FAQ accepts either up to 200 KB; other portals take only PDF.