Does Repair PDF upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Repair PDF runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Rebuilds via page copy first. Raster fallback with scale/JPEG quality. Encrypted/corrupt may still fail.

Should I use Compress PDF instead of Repair PDF?

Use Repair PDF when you need Rebuild page structure; rasterize as a last resort. Use Compress PDF when you need Shrink PDF size with Low / Medium / High levels—balanced quality vs bytes, all local. They share a category (PDF) but not the same job.

What are the limits of Repair PDF?

Rebuilds via page copy first. Raster fallback with scale/JPEG quality. Encrypted/corrupt may still fail. Also: Try to rebuild the PDF with pdf-lib in your browser. If that fails, pages are rasterized. Clear failure when unrecoverable.

Repair PDF

Rebuild page structure; rasterize as a last resort.

Try to rebuild the PDF with pdf-lib in your browser. If that fails, pages are rasterized. Clear failure when unrecoverable.

What Repair PDF does

Try to rebuild the PDF with pdf-lib in your browser. If that fails, pages are rasterized. Clear failure when unrecoverable.

Practical limit for Repair PDF: Rebuilds via page copy first. Raster fallback with scale/JPEG quality. Encrypted/corrupt may still fail. That is why output can differ from heavy desktop PDF software. Read the tool-specific note again: Try to rebuild the PDF with pdf-lib in your browser. If that fails, pages are rasterized. Clear failure when unrecoverable.

How to use Repair PDF

Stay on this Repair PDF page (/repair-pdf). Do not switch to Compress PDF unless you actually want Shrink PDF size with Low / Medium / High levels—balanced quality vs bytes, all local..
Add the file type Repair PDF accepts. Hint from the path: repair pdf. Rebuild page structure; rasterize as a last resort.
Set only the options that match Repair PDF. Neighbor Unlock PDF does something else (Remove a password you already know.). Tool note: Try to rebuild the PDF with pdf-lib in your browser. If that fails, pages are rasterized. Clear failure when unrecoverable.
Run Repair PDF in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Rebuilds via page copy first. Raster fallback with scale/JPEG quality. Encrypted/corrupt may still fail.
Download or copy the result from Repair PDF. If it is the wrong job, open Compress PDF instead.

When not to use Repair PDF

Skip Repair PDF when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Compress PDF or Unlock PDF — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Try to rebuild the PDF with pdf-lib in your browser. If that fails, pages are rasterized. Clear failure when unrecoverable.

Questions about Repair PDF

What does Repair PDF do that other PDF pages on this site do not?: Try to rebuild the PDF with pdf-lib in your browser. If that fails, pages are rasterized. Clear failure when unrecoverable. Short version: Rebuild page structure; rasterize as a last resort.
Does Repair PDF upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Repair PDF runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Rebuilds via page copy first. Raster fallback with scale/JPEG quality. Encrypted/corrupt may still fail.
Should I use Compress PDF instead of Repair PDF?: Use Repair PDF when you need Rebuild page structure; rasterize as a last resort. Use Compress PDF when you need Shrink PDF size with Low / Medium / High levels—balanced quality vs bytes, all local. They share a category (PDF) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Repair PDF?: Rebuilds via page copy first. Raster fallback with scale/JPEG quality. Encrypted/corrupt may still fail. Also: Try to rebuild the PDF with pdf-lib in your browser. If that fails, pages are rasterized. Clear failure when unrecoverable.