Convert a WebP to a lossless PNG with transparency intact — the right choice when the image is headed into an editor, a slide deck, or an uploader that rejects WebP but the pixels (and the alpha channel) need to survive untouched. Free, instant, nothing uploaded.
How to convert WebP to PNG
- Drop your WebP — the conversion runs immediately.
- Check the preview (and the new file size).
- Download the PNG.
Why PNG, specifically
Two properties make PNG the safe harbor of image formats: it is lossless — the output pixels are exactly the decoded input pixels — and it supports full alpha transparency, including the soft, partially-transparent edges around logos and cut-outs. A WebP sticker, product cut-out, or UI asset converted here keeps its transparent background perfectly. Convert that same file to JPG and the transparency is gone, flattened to white — fine for photos, fatal for overlays. (Photo without transparency? WebP to JPG gives a much smaller file.)
The editing workflow this belongs to
Graphic assets downloaded from the web increasingly arrive as WebP, but design tools are only partway through adopting it — older Photoshop, various slide tools, and plenty of asset pipelines still balk. Converting to PNG turns the file into something every editor from the last twenty years opens flawlessly. And because PNG is lossless, you can edit and re-save the asset through as many rounds as you like without the compounding quality loss that plagues JPG-based workflows.
Expect the file to grow
WebP exists to be small; PNG exists to be exact. A 400 KB WebP often becomes a 1–2 MB PNG — that’s the cost of losslessness, not a malfunction. If the size matters more than perfect fidelity (say, for a form upload with a cap), reconsider whether JPG output or a pass through the compressor serves you better.
Details worth knowing
Both lossy and lossless WebP decode correctly, animated WebP contributes its first frame, and dimensions are preserved exactly — resize separately with the image resizer if needed. Metadata is not carried across.
Private by design
Decoding and encoding run in a background thread on your device. No upload, no retention — the asset you’re converting stays yours alone.