ICO to PNG Converter

About ICO to PNG

Pulls a lossless PNG out of an ICO file, which is the quickest way to reuse a favicon or app icon in a design, a document or a web page. Transparency is kept, and no compression setting is involved, so the picture is stored exactly as decoded.

How to use it

1. Drop your .ico file on the upload box or click to browse for it.
2. Look at the preview; that is the frame the browser decoded.
3. Press Convert to PNG.
4. Click Download PNG, or copy the data URL from the Output section.

Recovering a logo from a site's favicon

A favicon.ico that includes 16×16, 32×32 and 48×48 versions.

One PNG holding the frame the browser chooses to draw, usually the largest, at its native pixel size, with the transparent areas intact.

When to use it

• Lifting a favicon into a slide or a design mockup.
• Converting an old application icon to PNG for use in a modern web project.
• Checking what an ICO actually looks like without a dedicated icon editor.
• Sending an icon to a colleague whose email client blocks .ico attachments.

Questions about ICO to PNG

Will the PNG keep transparency?

Yes. PNG has a full alpha channel, and this converter does not paint a white background for PNG output, so rounded corners and soft shadows carry over.

Can I extract every size in the ICO?

Only one image comes out per conversion, the one the browser draws. Extracting each embedded size separately needs an icon editor that lists the individual frames.

Why is the result so small?

Icons rarely exceed 256×256 pixels and often are 16 or 32. A PNG made from one is just a few hundred bytes to a few kilobytes.

Can I scale it up sharply?

Not in this tool, which keeps the native size. Enlarging in another program will blur or blockify, because the icon has no extra detail to reveal.

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