WebP to PNG Converter
Turn .webp images into PNG files that open everywhere, with transparency preserved. Decoded by your browser; nothing is uploaded.
PNG is lossless: every pixel is copied exactly, so there is no quality setting. Transparency is kept.
How this WebP to PNG converter works
You right-clicked an image on a website, saved it, and got a .webp file that your photo editor, slide software or upload form refuses. This WebP to PNG converter turns it into a normal PNG without sending it anywhere. Every current browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari 14 or later) can decode WebP natively, so the page simply asks your browser to decode the file, draws the pixels onto a canvas and saves the canvas as PNG. The result downloads straight from the tab. There is no upload step, no server queue and no file kept anywhere.
Drop several files at once; each one gets a download button and "Download all" saves the whole batch. Transparency in the WebP is preserved in the PNG, which matters for logos and product cutouts.
Why websites use WebP and why you might not want it
WebP was built by Google to make web pages lighter: a WebP photo is typically 25 to 35 percent smaller than a JPG of the same quality, and a WebP graphic with transparency is far smaller than the equivalent PNG. That is why Chrome, WordPress plugins and image CDNs hand you WebP files even when the original was a JPG or PNG. The trouble is that plenty of software outside the browser still does not open it: older versions of Photoshop, many government and HR portals, some printing services and most email previewers.
PNG is the safe interchange format. It is lossless, it supports transparency, and it opens in everything made since the late 1990s. Converting WebP to PNG costs you nothing in quality; it only costs disk space.
Quality and size: what to expect
Most WebP files on the web are lossy, like JPG. The detail they threw away is gone, and the PNG faithfully stores what remains. Expect the PNG to be much larger: a 150 KB lossy WebP photo at 1600 × 1200 pixels becomes a 2 to 3 MB PNG. A lossless WebP (common for logos and screenshots) converts to a PNG that is roughly 20 to 40 percent larger. Animated WebP files are converted as their first frame, since PNG does not animate.
If you need a small file rather than a lossless one, convert the PNG a second time with the PNG to JPG converter and pick a quality, or keep the WebP if the destination accepts it.
Privacy
Images you grab from the web are rarely sensitive, but the same tool is handy for WebP screenshots and exported designs, which can be. Because the decoding and encoding happen in your browser's canvas, the file never leaves your machine. Load the page, disconnect from the network, and it still converts.
If a file will not convert
A "could not be decoded" error on a .webp usually means the file is not actually WebP: sites sometimes serve JPG or AVIF under the wrong extension. Try the JPG to PNG converter or the AVIF to PNG converter. If you are on Safari 13 or older, update the browser; it cannot read WebP at all.
Frequently asked questions
›Why did my downloaded image come out as WebP?
Many websites and CDNs serve WebP because it is 25–35% smaller than JPG. Chrome saves what the site sent. Converting to PNG gives you a file every program can open.
›Is WebP to PNG lossless?
The conversion is. PNG stores exactly the pixels your browser decoded from the WebP. Detail the WebP discarded when it was made is not recoverable.
›Is transparency preserved?
Yes. WebP alpha channels are carried into the PNG unchanged.
›Which browsers can convert WebP?
Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari 14 or later all decode WebP natively. Safari 13 and older cannot.
›What about animated WebP?
Only the first frame is converted, because PNG does not support animation.