ICO to PNG
Converts ICO files to PNG format — favicons and app icons to graphics with sharp edges, text overlays, screenshots, and images requiring transparent backgrounds. All conversion happens locally in your browser with no file size limits.
Runs on Canvas
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Rasterize SVG vectors to crisp PNGs at 1x, 2x (default), 3x, or 4x scale — base size read from the SVG width/height attributes (100px fallback) — with filename preservation (.svg becomes .png). Developers ship full icon sets in four runs — local Canvas work, 2 free batches a day.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why convert ICO to PNG?
ICO (Windows Icon) uses lossless (multiple sizes) encoding and is best for favicons and app icons — standard format for website bookmarks and Windows application icons. PNG (Portable Network Graphics) uses lossless encoding and excels at graphics with sharp edges, text overlays, screenshots, and images requiring transparent backgrounds. Converting between them lets you take advantage of each format's strengths — for example, using a compressed format for sharing and a lossless format for editing. All conversion happens locally in your browser with no file size limits.
Which size exports from a multi-size ICO?
The largest embedded size, for maximum quality to work down from.
Does transparency survive ICO to PNG conversion?
Yes — icon alpha channels carry into the PNG at full embedded size.
Can I go back to ICO?
Yes — PNG to ICO rebuilds multi-size favicon files from your PNG when needed.
Is my converted icon uploaded anywhere when using ICO to PNG?
No — conversion runs locally in your browser; unlimited saves on local tools.
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Convert a batch of images to one output — JPG, PNG, or WebP — at quality 10–100% (default 80%), capped at 4096px longest side, then download everything as a ZIP. Files that fail conversion fall back to their originals inside the same archive — local library work.
Last updated October 2026