PDF Downgrader

Upload a PDF and get it back re-written at an older PDF version (Ghostscript pdfwrite). Useful for legacy printers, government portals and old software that reject modern PDFs.

Drop a PDF here or click to choose (max 50 MB) Target PDF version PDF 1.4 (Acrobat 5, 2001 — safest legacy target) PDF 1.3 (Acrobat 4, 2000) PDF 1.2 (Acrobat 3, 1996) PDF 1.5 (Acrobat 6, 2003) PDF 1.6 (Acrobat 7, 2005) PDF 1.7 (Acrobat 8 / ISO 32000) Convert

Files are processed in memory on the server and deleted immediately after conversion — nothing is stored. Encrypted PDFs are not supported.