Compress Word Files Online

Under normal circumstances, Microsoft Word documents should be relatively small in terms of file size. However, that isn’t always the case—and due to high-resolution or uncompressed pictures (among other issues), you could end up with surprisingly large Word documents.

As Smallpdf’s name implies, we focus on helping our clients work with PDF files. However, that doesn’t mean our software won’t work with other file formats. Instead, Smallpdf’s tools can help you reduce Word file size online—free of charge.

To accomplish this feat, you’ll need to use our online PDF compressor. This tool can convert PDF documents, Word files, and other file formats, and you won’t have to download an app or sign up for an account in order to use it. In this article, you’ll learn how to compress a Word document online with our PDF compressor (and how to do even more with our software).

How This Tool Reduces Your Word Document’s File Size

The list above should help you understand how to compress Word documents online, but you might still have questions—for example, “how can a PDF compressor also function as a Word file compressor?”

Here’s how we resize Word documents: first, our PDF compressor uses Smallpdf’s conversion technology to turn your document into a PDF document; then, we compress pictures and text in that PDF. You can then choose to export your newly compressed file in your format of choice, including Word, Excel, PDF, or PPT.

If you’re sharing a document that doesn’t need to be edited by its recipient, you can skip the last step in this process and keep your file in PDF format. Instead of choosing “Export As,” just download the compressed PDF version of your Microsoft Word file via the download button.

For security reasons, we’ll remove your file from our servers an hour after you compress Word file online. If you want to keep this file there for a longer period, you can store it with our file storage feature or generate a shareable URL.

Can You Compress More Than One Word Document?

Smallpdf’s Word compressor workflow is simple enough—assuming you only need to reduce Word file size for a single document, anyway. On the other hand, repeating this process for multiple files could feel like a hassle.

Fortunately, Smallpdf Pro users are able to process multiple documents at once. Once you have an active Smallpdf Pro subscription, open the PDF compressor and upload as many Word files as you want. When you’re done, you can download a ZIP file containing all of your compressed Word documents.

Having a Pro account will also allow you to use Strong compression on your files. This option is perfect if you have a large file that’s too large for our Basic compression to shrink effectively.

Not a Smallpdf Pro user? Don’t worry—you can take advantage of our seven-day free trial to test these compression options and other Pro-exclusive features.

Do Even More With Smallpdf

Though our PDF compressor is certainly powerful, we’ve only scratched the surface of what Smallpdf can do for you. After you compress Word documents with Smallpdf, you can use our tools to:

Compress Pictures and More

While our compressor can shrink PDFs and Word documents with ease, these aren’t the only file types it can work with. You can also drag and drop documents saved in other Microsoft 365 formats to our online platform—including PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and even JPG images.

When you upload files like these, we’ll simultaneously upload, convert, and compress pictures, spreadsheets, and more. And after you compress your documents, you can export them in their original format.

Edit Your PDF Documents

The PDF format is undeniably popular, but it can also be surprisingly inconvenient when you want to edit a document. The good news is that Smallpdf’s PDF Editor can help.

After uploading a document to this tool, you can add images, highlights, shapes, and annotations throughout your PDF file. If you have Smallpdf Pro, you’ll even be able to edit existing text in this document.

Merge Your PDFs

Sending multiple PDF files to a single person can get unwieldy—especially when these files could just as easily be shared as a single document. If you have several PDFs that you’d like to combine, give our Merge PDF tool a shot.

While using this tool, you’ll drag the files you want to merge into your browser window. After you upload these documents and click “Finish,” you’ll be able to download a single file with the contents of all the documents you uploaded.

Explore The Possibilities of AI

In addition to the tools listed above (and many others), Smallpdf’s newest capabilities allow users to work with their files in new ways thanks to AI technology. Our AI-powered tools include:

• Chat with PDF. While using this tool, Smallpdf users can ask their documents questions and get immediate answers.
• AI PDF Summarizer. Our AI PDF Summarizer creates “at-a-glance” overviews of PDFs and other files.
• Translate PDF. With Smallpdf’s PDF Translator, you can easily translate summaries of your documents into other languages.

Compress Word Files The Easy Way

When you know how to compress Word files online, you can use this well-known file format as efficiently as possible. Of course, you shouldn’t rely on just any Word file size reducer for this job—if you aren’t careful, you might have to pay for a subscription or deal with hassles like mandatory registration before you can compress these documents.

By using Smallpdf for your file compression needs, you can shrink your Microsoft Word documents (and many other files) in mere moments—no registration required. And while Smallpdf Pro users can enjoy additional features, our basic Word document compressor is 100% free!