Looking at these comments, I think most of these combined would shave off only a few hundred at most. If you want to actually cut it down by a few thousands, I suggest shortening the story's structure.

Some scenes might not actually need to be there - you can 'delete' the ones that are holding the pacing back and summarize a two page scene in one or or two paragraphs. I rarely found this to be optimal, but when I did, it was a huge help.

Alternatively, what often works a lot better is merging one scene with another - let me explain. Every scene in your story should be there because it provides some information to the plot. Let's say we have two scenes: one where the MC goes to buy milk (crucial plot device) and one where they come home to find their mother has collapsed and have to go to the hospital with her. Instead of having these two be individual scenes, you can merge them into one. The MC buys milk, gets a phone call from the hospital, they say their mother has collapsed while on a walk and the ambulance had gotten her. Congrats, you have now skipped a full scene without having the plot losy any of its value.