PNG is the format that survives everything else: any editor, any office suite, any phone, and
a transparent background kept intact.
The cut-out stays cut out
A WebP with a transparent background — a logo pulled from a site header, a product image
with no backdrop — keeps every transparent and semi-transparent pixel in a PNG. Nothing is
painted over, so soft shadows and feathered edges still fade into whatever is behind them.
Editors open it without a plugin
Older Photoshop and Illustrator releases, Office, Inkscape, Figma, CMS upload fields and
simple annotation apps all read PNG, while several of them still refuse or silently
mis-render WebP. If the picture is going into a document or a design file, PNG is the
format that causes the fewest surprises.
No more loss from here on
PNG is lossless: crop it, move elements around, save it ten times and the pixels stay
byte-for-byte the same. Any detail the WebP already gave up is gone for good, but this
conversion is the point where the downward spiral stops.
What the conversion changes
Transparency is kept, animation is not, and the file will almost certainly grow.
Expect a heavier file
PNG stores every pixel with full alpha instead of compressing the way WebP does, so a
photographic WebP can turn into a PNG five to ten times its size. A WebP that was itself
saved losslessly stays close to the original. Weight is the trade for a file you can edit
without losing anything else.
Alpha is preserved, the grid is not
Every transparency value survives the trip, including partly transparent pixels that make
a drop shadow look soft rather than stamped on. What does not survive is an animation: a
looping WebP becomes a single still frame, because this page produces a plain PNG, not an
animated one.
The quality field has nothing to do
PNG output is lossless, so the Quality box is ignored — there is no detail to throw away.
The only settings that change the result are the width (optional) and the background, which
can stay transparent. Leave both alone and the PNG is a faithful copy of what the WebP
decoded to.
Rotation is honoured, metadata is dropped
If the WebP carries an EXIF orientation tag, it is applied so the PNG is the right way up
with correct dimensions. Colour data is brought to sRGB, which is what browsers and
editors assume, and camera, GPS and editing details are not written into the PNG.
How to convert WebP to PNG
Three steps, and the transparency is handled for you.
Add the WebP
Drag it onto the box, click to browse, or paste it with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac). Files up
to 25 MB are accepted, including ones saved straight from a web page.
Leave the background transparent
The Background field already means "keep transparency", which is the whole reason to pick
PNG. Type a width only if you need a fixed pixel size; the height follows the aspect ratio
and the image is never enlarged.
Download the PNG
The preview shows transparency as a checkerboard, so you can see at a glance that the
background really is empty. One click saves the .png, ready for an editor, a slide deck or
a form that only takes PNG.
Three tips before you convert
PNG is the right answer more often than not — but not always.
Do not put a PNG photo on your website
If the goal is a picture on a web page, a PNG costs your visitors data for no visible gain.
Keep the image as WebP, or use the
WebP to JPG converter when the destination needs the most
compatible format there is.
Check the edges at full size
A WebP that was compressed lossily can leave a faint fringe of colour around a cut-out
subject, and a transparent background makes it easy to see. Zoom in on the preview before
you build a whole layout on top of the file; if the fringe is bad, the original artwork is
the only real fix.
Downscaling first keeps the PNG reasonable
A 3000 px wide PNG of a photo is heavy however it was produced. If the picture will be
shown at 900 px, set that width during the conversion: fewer pixels means a much smaller
file, and the result looks sharper than letting a page shrink a huge image by itself.
Frequently asked questions
Is this converter free?
Yes. No account, no payment and no watermark on the PNG, and you can convert as many files as you need. A short rate limit is the only restriction, so the service stays usable for everybody.
Is the transparency really kept?
Yes, all of it. WebP and PNG both store an alpha channel, so fully and partly transparent pixels pass through untouched — soft shadows keep their softness and cut-out edges stay clean. Nothing is flattened onto a background colour, which is the difference from converting to JPG.
Why is the PNG so much larger than the WebP?
Because PNG keeps every pixel exactly, while WebP spends a lot of effort compressing them away. For photographs the difference is routinely five to ten times. If you need a small file more than a lossless one, stay on WebP or convert to JPG instead.
What happens to an animated WebP?
Only the first frame is used. This page produces a still PNG, so the sequence of images is dropped and the file you download shows the opening frame. Animations need their own format; a still picture typed as PNG cannot hold them.
How large may my upload be, and what happens to it?
Up to 25 MB per file and 50 megapixels per image. Files are processed on our server and not stored: the WebP is decoded and only the finished PNG is sent back to your browser.