FileConverters

WebP to PNG Converter

Turn .webp files into universally supported PNG — right here in your browser. Transparency is preserved, sideways phone photos come out upright, and nothing you select is uploaded anywhere.

Convert WebP files to PNG

Drop one or many .webp files. Each converted PNG is re-decoded and verified before its download button appears.

or drag and drop .webp files here

    Why you keep ending up with WebP files

    WebP exists to make the web faster: at typical settings it delivers the same picture in 25–35% fewer bytes than JPEG, so most large sites now serve it by default. The catch comes when the image leaves the browser. Right-click → "Save image" in Chrome or Edge hands you a .webp even when the site's URL said .jpg, and plenty of software still refuses it — older photo editors, some upload forms, embroidery and print workflows, and document tools. Converting to PNG ends the argument: PNG has been readable by effectively everything since the late 1990s.

    What PNG gains you — and what it costs

    PNG is lossless and carries full alpha transparency, which makes it the safe intermediate format: you can re-save a PNG a hundred times in an editor without generational quality loss, and transparent logos or stickers keep their edges intact. The cost is size — PNG does not use lossy compression, so the output is usually larger than the WebP you started with. This tool shows the actual before/after byte counts on every file row; there is no compression percentage marketing here, just real numbers.

    The honest details

    • Animated WebP: only the first frame converts, and the tool flags the file when it detects animation. PNG is a still format (APNG output is not supported).
    • Metadata is stripped: re-encoding through a canvas discards EXIF data — including GPS location, which is a privacy win — but photographers should know that copyright fields and color-profile tags are removed too. Orientation is applied before stripping, so rotated photos still come out upright.
    • Content over filename: the tool reads the file's magic bytes. A file named .webp that is really a PNG or JPEG gets an honest notice instead of a broken conversion.
    • Verified output: every PNG is re-decoded and its dimensions checked before the download button appears. A badge you can trust beats a spinner that just stops.

    Need a smaller file instead of a lossless one? WebP to JPG flattens transparency and compresses. Going the other way, PNG to WebP shrinks PNGs for web delivery. To shrink without changing format, use the Image Compressor, or scale dimensions with the Image Resizer.

    Frequently asked questions

    Why did my browser save an image as WebP in the first place?

    Many sites serve WebP because it is smaller to deliver, so right-click → Save gives you a .webp file even when the page showed a "JPG" or "PNG". Chrome and Edge do this constantly. Converting to PNG gives you a file that older software, upload forms, and Office documents accept.

    Is the PNG conversion lossless?

    The PNG encoding step is lossless: every pixel your browser decodes from the WebP is stored exactly in the PNG, including the alpha channel. If the WebP itself was lossy-compressed (most are), the PNG faithfully preserves that already-compressed image — it cannot restore detail the WebP never had.

    Is transparency kept?

    Yes. Both WebP and PNG support full 8-bit alpha, so transparent and semi-transparent areas convert without any flattening or background color.

    What happens with an animated WebP?

    Only the first frame converts — PNG is a still-image format and browser decoding hands us one frame. The tool detects animation and tells you on the file row rather than silently discarding frames.

    Are my files uploaded anywhere?

    No. Decoding and encoding happen in your own browser tab; the site has no upload endpoint and its security policy blocks network requests to other origins. You can verify this in DevTools — the methodology page shows how.

    Why is the PNG bigger than the WebP?

    Expected, and the tool shows you the real before/after bytes. WebP is a compressed delivery format; PNG stores pixels losslessly. You are trading file size for universal compatibility and clean editing.

    Local processing: files are decoded, converted, and verified entirely in your browser and never transmitted. How that is enforced — and how to check it yourself — is on the methodology page.