How to Make a PDF Smaller for Email (Under 20MB Fast)

Gmail caps at 25MB. Outlook at 20MB. If your PDF is too large, compress it in 3 seconds — no signup needed. Upload to MegaConvert.io and select JPG — done in seconds, free.

The Problem

You're trying to email a PDF but your email client rejects it. 'Attachment too large.' You don't want to use a cloud link — you just want to make the file smaller.

Why Convert?

• Gmail — 25MB limit.
• Outlook — 20MB limit.
• Yahoo/ProtonMail — 25MB limit.
• Many corporate email servers cap at 10MB.

How to Convert Online

1. Go to megaconvert.io/pdf-to-jpg.
2. Drag and drop your .pdf file.
3. Download your .jpg.

No account. No watermarks. Files auto-delete after 1 hour.

Related Conversions

• PDF to Word — edit then re-export smaller.
• Word back to PDF — after editing.

For Developers: API

curl -X POST https://megaconvert.io/api/v1/convert/sync \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@input.pdf" \
  -F "output_format=jpg" \
  -o output.jpg

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