The application takes up a lot of space on the device

Can we automatically compress files within the app so they don’t take up large storage space?

It's ridiculous GoodNotes still has this issue in 2025. It's not hard to compress files. I have to go and add it to my storage then go and compress it on a 3rd party website but its such a waste of time. Notability doesn't have this problem!

I want to reduce the size of the below file

Problem: I’m used to write down a few sentences as P.S. on original pdf files. When I export the edited file as pdf its size increases ~ 800%.

Solution: Algorithm optimization for compression for simple editing on already original files.

This is just crazy, considering Apple to be such a premium company and goodnotes being one of the most recommended apps in that field. There are so many flaws, which I would never find on a similar Android app.

Yeah, same here. I'm two weeks into lecture and already have over one GB of files, the files are getting too big to handle. iPad is stuttering. Please implement low quality pdf export please and/or some sort of live compression.

do not use fountain pen

And now almost 4 years
And nothing change

I read somewhere that Goodnotes at the moment only takes advantage of the iOS native PDF generating API which doesn't allow compression. Would be essential for our work if Goodnotes would make use of a more sophisticated built-in PDF API which at least allows levels of compression on export, maybe compressed / smaller file sizes of native goodnotes documents as well as we also export native goodnotes documents as plan status.

I also run into the problem of file sizes being too large. I use GoodNotes for work and take notes, fill out forms and annotate pictures for clients. I import a pdf brochure and try to email the package to the client but it’s huge! It would be so helpful to be able to change quality, or optimize file size when exporting/emailing

This is a practical solution which uses a simple LaTeX script to compile all exported images from a GoodNotes notebook into a lower memory pdf. You can Export your notebook as a set of images by going to "Export ALL", selecting the 'Image' format, then under options select "export images as zip file"

https://github.com/andrewrgarcia/document-editing-tools

Yes please. The file sizes are killing me...and my Google drive storage.

! Export in small size is A much needed feature required in good-notes

Reduce notebook file size, because when the notebooks get more and more after time it’s uses a lot of storage.

This would be great. My 3 page PDF was about 10mb (one <1mb image included). This won’t be feasible when exporting notes to PDF in order to share them via email.

Absolutely, my GoodNotes file typically has min 1 page per day in each calendar year, with plenty of images, that makes file fuge for sync and mostly I need only low resolution

yes, I am agree with this.
yes it nice to writing on goodnotes 5 with auto advance compare to noatbility, I prefer goodnotes's auto advance.

but after I writing about 16 pages, the file size is about 150MB.
it is really crazy.
I scan my 300 pages book only take 35-75MB.

but 16 pages = 150mb???

are you serious??

When I import about 5 photos, the PDF backup file becomes more than 40MB in size.

I would like to have the ability to resize and compress images.

Notes in Goodnotes consume too much storage (as compared to other note-taking apps). Maybe you can use a better compression technique for storing notes.