JPG to PNG Converter

How to convert JPG to PNG

This JPG to PNG converter is set to PNG and runs in your browser, so your photos are never uploaded.

1. Add your JPG files by dropping them on the box above or choosing Select images.
2. Press Convert to PNG. PNG is lossless, so there’s no quality setting.
3. Download the PNG, or one ZIP for several.

What converting to PNG does, and doesn’t do

It’s worth knowing this before you convert, because a lot of advice online gets it wrong:

• It doesn’t make the photo sharper. The JPG has already lost some fine detail; PNG keeps exactly what’s there now, no more.
• It doesn’t remove the background. A JPG has no transparency, so the PNG has none either: a photo on a white background stays on a white background.
• The file gets bigger, usually several times bigger for photos, because PNG stores every pixel without compression losses.
• It does stop further loss. From now on, saving and editing the PNG never adds more blur or artefacts.

When JPG to PNG is the right move

• A form or service asks for PNG, as some design tools, print services and profile uploads do.
• You’re about to edit the image several times, for example adding text, arrows or annotations. Working in PNG avoids building up JPG artefacts with each save.
• You’ll cut out the subject later in a design app. Starting from PNG means the transparent result can be saved in the same format.
• You’re combining it with graphics such as screenshots or diagrams that are already PNG, to keep everything in one format.

If you just want a smaller file or a format that every site accepts, stay with JPG; to make a JPG smaller use compress image.

JPG and PNG side by side

Keeping PNG files manageable

A 12-megapixel phone photo makes a large PNG. If you don’t need every pixel, resize first with the image resizer: a photo 2,000 pixels wide is plenty for slides, documents and most websites, and its PNG is a fraction of the size. For websites, consider WebP instead, which the image converter also makes: it supports transparency like PNG with much smaller files.

A simple workflow for editing photos

1. Convert the JPG to PNG here, once, at the start.
2. Edit the PNG as many times as you like: crop, annotate, add text. Nothing is lost between saves.
3. Export the final version: keep it as PNG for graphics and screenshots, or convert it back to JPG with the PNG to JPG converter when you need a small file to share.

This way the photo is compressed as JPG only twice in its life, at the camera and at the end, instead of every time you press save.

On a phone or a computer

The converter runs in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iPhone and iPad, with nothing to install and no account. On a phone, tap Select images and choose photos from your gallery or files; the PNGs download to your device. Conversion happens locally, so it is quick even on a slow connection, and a whole set of photos can be converted in one go and saved as a single ZIP.

Right way up, same size

Phone photos often store their rotation separately from the pixels, which is why some photos appear sideways after conversion elsewhere. This converter applies the rotation, so the PNG is the right way up. The width and height stay the same as the photo you see, and every result is opened again and checked before you download it.

Private: photos stay on your device

Your JPGs are converted in your browser and never uploaded, stored or used to train AI. The PNG is saved fresh from the pixels, so camera details and GPS location aren’t copied into it. More in Trust and privacy.