Flatten PDF: iHateUpload vs ihatepdf.cv
iHateUpload ahead
Both ihatepdf.cv and iHateUpload run Flatten PDF in your browser without uploading the file. Here is what each one does and what happened when we ran the same synthetic test files through both.
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iHateUpload ahead- iHateUpload
- Form flatten that keeps text, full raster flatten 96–400 DPI, strip annotations, forms, metadata, JavaScript or attachments without rasterising
- ihatepdf.cv
- Standard flatten keeps metadata; strip options rasterise the page
- How we checked
- Synthetic form: our form flatten 3.3 KB with text kept and no fields left. Checked 2026-10-19.
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