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PNG to WEBP converter

Convert PNG to WEBP in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want WEBP
90%
Icon sizes
How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

16
50%
Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
Advanced 5
Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
Rotate
Mirror horizontally
Mirror vertically

For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Bytes of your files sent anywhere: 0 B

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Read more about the PNG format and the WEBP format, or see every image tool and all image conversions.

Should you convert PNG to WEBP?

Heavy PNGs slow your website down. WebP keeps transparency and usually cuts the file size dramatically, which helps page speed scores.

A safe conversion when WEBP is what you need: both PNG and WEBP keep every pixel, so the picture itself doesn’t change.

Bear in mind WEBP is opens in current browsers and apps: it works in every current browser, but plenty of desktop apps, print shops and upload forms still refuse it.

PNG is a lossless image format with full transparency; WEBP is a web image format that can be lossy or lossless, with transparency and animation. Use WEBP for pictures on your own website or app, where every kilobyte affects load time.

PNG and WEBP compared
Property PNG WEBP
Compression Lossless Lossy or lossless
Transparency Yes Yes
Animation No Yes
Support Opens everywhere Opens in current browsers and apps
Best for Screenshots, logos, diagrams and anything with text or a transparent background Images on websites, where smaller files load faster
Introduced 1996 2010

How to convert PNG to WEBP

  1. 01

    Add your PNG

    Drop your PNG image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to WEBP. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the WEBP

    Press convert and save the WEBP. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when PNG becomes WEBP

Transparency is kept

PNG and WEBP both support transparency, so transparent backgrounds and soft edges come through unchanged.

Expect a much smaller file

PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB. WEBP: Typically 25–35% smaller than the same JPG. Shrinking the file is often the main reason to make this conversion.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of PNG and WEBP, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the PNG. Photographs saved as PNG balloon in size. A holiday photo that is 3 MB as JPG can be 15 MB as PNG, because lossless compression can do very little with the fine grain of a real photograph.
  • About the WEBP. Images saved from websites arrive as WEBP even when the page looked like it showed a JPG, and then a document editor or upload form refuses them.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting PNG to WEBP lose quality?

WEBP is lossy, so some detail is discarded. The quality slider decides how much; the default of 90 is chosen so the difference is invisible in almost every photo.

Will the WEBP be smaller than the PNG?

Expect a much smaller file. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB. WEBP: Typically 25–35% smaller than the same JPG. Shrinking the file is often the main reason to make this conversion.

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