webp → png
WebP to PNG, without uploading anything
WebP is what websites hand you now, and a good deal of software still refuses it. This turns it into a PNG that opens anywhere, with transparency intact.
Files are processed on your device · nothing is uploaded, stored or logged
How it works
Pick your file. The browser opens it straight from disk. There is no upload, so there is nothing to wait for.
Nothing is downloaded first. Unlike the video tools, image conversion uses what is already built into your browser. It starts instantly.
Your machine does the work. The image is drawn to a canvas and written out in the new format, which takes a fraction of a second.
Save the result. The file goes straight to your downloads folder and the original is untouched.
Why WebP keeps appearing and keeps failing
Google introduced WebP to make web pages lighter, and it worked — it compresses noticeably better than PNG or JPEG at the same visual quality, so sites adopted it in bulk. Save an image from almost any modern website and WebP is what you get.
Support outside the browser lagged badly. Older versions of Photoshop, plenty of desktop applications, print workflows, and a surprising number of upload forms will simply refuse the file.
PNG is the safe destination when transparency matters. It is lossless, universally supported, and has been since the 1990s. The trade is size: a PNG of the same image is usually several times larger, because it is not throwing anything away.
Nothing is lost in this direction
Both formats can store an image without discarding data, so converting a lossless WebP to PNG is exact. If the WebP was the lossy kind — most on the web are — the PNG faithfully preserves whatever the WebP already contained. It cannot restore detail the original compression removed, and no tool can.
Common questions
Is transparency preserved?
Yes. PNG supports an alpha channel and it is carried across unchanged.
Why is the PNG so much larger?
PNG is lossless. WebP achieves its size by discarding detail selectively. Storing the same picture without that trick simply takes more room.
Does this work with animated WebP?
No. Only the first frame is converted, because PNG holds a single image. For animation, convert to GIF or MP4 instead.
Does the file get uploaded?
No. Your browser reads it from disk and converts it on your own machine.