Grayscale PDF

Turn a colour PDF black-and-white — text stays sharp, free, no signup.

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We remove the colour

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Your file stays private. It is sent over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection, used only to make your result, and deleted as soon as you're done. Never shared, never sold, never looked at. Privacy policy

Convert a colour PDF to grayscale - handy for cheaper black-and-white printing, or for portals that only accept grayscale documents. Colours in text, drawings and images are all converted, while text remains real text rather than a picture of it.

Frequently asked questions

No. Colours are rewritten inside the PDF itself, so text stays selectable and sharp at any zoom.

Yes. Photos and other embedded images are converted to shades of gray along with everything else on the page.

Usually the opposite - a single gray channel takes less space than full colour, so the file often gets smaller.

Yes. Every tool on this site is free to use, with no signup, no account and no watermark on the result.

Your file is deleted from our server as soon as the tool finishes. Files that are uploaded but never completed are automatically removed within a few hours.

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