In this Acrobat how-to video, Bart Van de Wiele explains how to optimize the size of your PDF documents without visibly degrading the quality of your images. He shows where to find the Audit Space Usage button, which tells you which category of data is taking up the most storage space. With that information, he demonstrates how you can use the standard optimization, your own custom optimization, or the Compress PDF option to dramatically reduce your file size.
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This article was last modified on July 15, 2026
This article was first published on May 12, 2026
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