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title: "PDF compressor server: Optimize and reduce PDF size"
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description: "Unlock the power of document optimization techniques to enhance performance and user experience. Dive deeper into PDF optimization strategies now!"
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# PDF compressor server

Document Engine includes a best-in-class compression engine to compress and shrink PDFs by removing redundant information and compressing data. Optimized PDFs can be opened in our Web, iOS, Android, React Native, and Flutter client SDKs, or archived for long-term storage.

## Essential guides

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**Compress**

How to compress a PDF to reduce its size

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/optimization/compress.md)

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**Hyper-compress MRC**

How to use mixed raster content (MRC) compression to reduce file size

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/optimization/hyper-compress.md)

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**Flatten**

How to flatten annotations and burn them into a PDF

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/optimization/flatten.md)

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**Linearize**

How to linearize a PDF document

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-engine/optimization/linearize.md)

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[Learn More](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/document-engine/getting-started.md)

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## Related pages

- [Hyper-compress](/guides/document-engine/optimization/hyper-compress.md)
- [Compress and reduce PDF file size](/guides/document-engine/optimization/compress.md)
- [PDF annotation flattening](/guides/document-engine/optimization/flatten.md)
- [Create linearized PDFs](/guides/document-engine/optimization/linearize.md)