{"id":67052,"date":"2026-11-11T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-compress-next-to-original\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T18:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:08:00","slug":"pdf24-compress-next-to-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-compress-next-to-original\/","title":{"rendered":"Compress: every file lands next to its original"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you compress several PDFs at once that are in different folders? Until now, PDF24 then asked for one common folder for all results. Since version 11.34.0, every compressed file can go straight into the folder of its original: just check \"Save each file next to its original\". The option is available wherever PDF24 compresses several files: in the Explorer context menu, in the File Tools, in PDF24 Compress and in the Toolbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a file of that name already exists in the folder, PDF24 asks for exactly this file, the way you know it from the Explorer: \"Replace\", \"Keep both\" (the new file gets a number), \"Replace all\", \"Keep both for all\" or \"Cancel\". If the existing file is the original itself, PDF24 says so. This way nothing is overwritten without asking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/11.34.0-2-compress-en.png\" alt=\"The &quot;PDF compression settings&quot; dialog with &quot;Save each file next to its original&quot; checked and the suffix &quot;_{dpi}dpi_{quality}&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-67051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/11.34.0-2-compress-en.png 586w, https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/11.34.0-2-compress-en-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Compress from the context menu: with the check box each file lands next to its original, the suffix contains the values of the run.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You decide how the results are named in the field \"Save file suffix\". New are the placeholders {dpi}, {quality} and {color} for the values of the run: \"_{dpi}dpi_{quality}\", for example, gives \"report_100dpi_60.pdf\". In the Toolbox the suffix can now be set as well, the default is \"_compressed\".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you compress several PDFs at once that are in different folders? Until now, PDF24 then asked for one common folder for all results. Since version 11.34.0, every compressed file can go straight into the folder of its original: just check \"Save each file next to its original\". The option is available wherever PDF24 compresses ... <a title=\"Compress: every file lands next to its original\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-compress-next-to-original\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Compress: every file lands next to its original\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}