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Convert WebP to PNG
Most images saved from the web are now WebP, and plenty of software still refuses to open one - older desktop applications, some email clients, and a number of upload forms. PNG is the format that opens everywhere and keeps transparency, which makes it the right destination when compatibility is the problem you are solving. The conversion is lossless in the sense that matters: nothing further is thrown away, and an alpha channel survives intact. Everything runs in your browser.
How to convert WebP to PNG
- Drop one WebP or a folder of them onto the upload area.
- There is nothing to configure - PNG is lossless and has no quality setting.
- Check the size of the result, which will usually be larger.
- Download the PNG, or the whole batch as a ZIP.
Supported formats
This tool accepts WebP files. Everything is decoded by your own browser, so the formats available depend on what your browser can open - which for HEIC in particular varies between Safari and other browsers.
Because the image is rebuilt from raw pixels, EXIF metadata such as camera details, timestamps and GPS coordinates does not carry into the result. Orientation is applied to the pixels first, so photographs stay the right way up. Embedded colour profiles are also dropped and the output is saved as sRGB, which can shift colours slightly in wide-gamut photographs. Animated files are refused rather than being flattened to a single frame.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the PNG bigger than the WebP I started with?
Because almost every WebP on the web is the lossy kind, and PNG cannot store a lossy image compactly - it has to record every pixel exactly as it decoded. Expect the file to grow, sometimes several times over. That is the price of a format that opens everywhere, and it is not a sign anything went wrong. If size matters more than compatibility, keep the WebP.
Does converting back to PNG restore the original quality?
No, and no tool can. If the WebP was saved lossily, detail was discarded at that point and converting to PNG preserves exactly what is left rather than recovering what is gone. What you get is a faithful copy of the WebP in a more compatible container. Anyone promising to restore the original is describing something that is not possible.
Is transparency kept?
Yes. Both formats carry an alpha channel, so a WebP with a transparent background becomes a PNG with the same transparent background, unchanged. This is the main advantage over converting to JPEG, which has no alpha channel and would fill those areas with a solid colour instead.
What about an animated WebP?
It is refused rather than flattened. A single PNG cannot hold an animation, and converting one would quietly leave you with the first frame and no warning - so the tool declines and says why instead. The GIF frame extractor is the right tool if you want the frames individually.
Can I convert several WebP files at once?
Yes. Drop a folder in and each file is converted independently, with the results delivered as one ZIP. Since PNG has no quality setting there is nothing to choose per file, so a batch behaves exactly like a single conversion repeated.
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- PNG CompressorMake PNG files smaller in your browser while keeping transparency.
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