WebP to PNG Converter

Logos, icons, stickers and cut-out product pictures all rely on transparency: the picture sits on a page or a slide with nothing behind it. WebP and PNG both store that, so converting between them keeps the empty areas empty.

A JPG can't do this. Convert a transparent WebP to JPG and the clear background turns into a solid color. If you need to place the image on top of other artwork, PNG is the format to ask for. That is the whole reason this page exists next to WebP to JPG.

PNG is also lossless, so the edges and flat colors stay crisp. Text and thin lines in a screenshot or a diagram look sharper than they would in a JPG, which smudges detail around hard edges. One caution: PNG preserves what the WebP already has. If the WebP was compressed with loss, those small flaws come along. Converting won't repair them.

Check the result with the Compare button. The comparison view is drawn on a checkerboard, so you can see exactly which parts are clear. An animated WebP becomes one still picture, because PNG here holds a single image.

Both are common destinations for a WebP, and the right choice follows the image itself.

Pick PNG when the picture has transparency, flat colors, sharp text or fine lines. Think of logos, charts, screenshots and illustrations. Those compress well as PNG and need exact edges.

Pick JPG when it is a photograph and the background is solid. A photo has millions of slightly different colors, and PNG stores every one of them. The same picture can be several times larger as PNG than as JPG or WebP.

You'll see this happen. WebP is a compact format, so a PNG made from it is usually bigger than the file you started with. When a result is more than three times the size of its original, a tip appears with two buttons: Convert to WebP instead and Keep PNG. Choose the first to get back a small file that still has transparency, or the second when you need a PNG for a particular app.

If the file ends up too large for an upload, Compress Image can shrink it to a size you choose. Open Advanced settings (optional) and pick Smaller file under the PNG options for graphics that use few colors.

Not every WebP has a real transparent background. Some graphics come with a flat white or colored box behind them, which looks fine on a white page and clumsy anywhere else. The Make a color transparent card fixes that during the conversion.

Select Remove white background for the common case. It turns the card on, chooses white and applies the change right away. For another color, switch the card on and use the Color field to type or pick it. The Tolerance slider, from 0 to 50 and starting at 12, decides how close a shade has to be to the chosen color before it is cleared. A higher number clears more shades. Edges fade softly instead of cutting off hard, so outlines don't turn jagged.

This suits flat artwork with a single background color. A photo of a person against a wall has too many shades for it, and a color picker can't tell the person from the wall. For photos, use the Background Remover, which finds the subject itself.

If you already have transparency in the WebP, you don't need this card. Leave it off and the existing transparent areas stay as they are.