PNG to JPG Converter In your browser, nothing uploaded
EXIF metadata is removed. Decoding and redrawing the image carries no GPS coordinates, camera model or timestamp across, so the file you download has none of it. If you need that data kept, copy the originals instead.
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How to Convert PNG to JPG
- Drag and drop your PNG files into the converter above, or click to browse.
- The converter automatically outputs JPG format. Adjust quality if needed.
- Click download to save your converted JPG files. For multiple files, use "Download All as ZIP."
What is JPG?
JPG is the format built specifically for continuous-tone photography, and it has been doing that job since 1992. It works on the assumption that your eyes are far more sensitive to broad changes in brightness than to fine variation in colour, so it keeps the first and spends very few bits on the second. You choose how aggressive that is. The slider here starts at 92, which is high enough that the loss is invisible in normal viewing and low enough that the saving against a lossless format is enormous. What JPG cannot do is transparency, and it never could. There is no alpha channel in the specification — which is the single thing that decides whether this conversion is right for your file.
What is a PNG File?
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a lossless image format widely used for graphics, screenshots, and images that require transparency. PNG files are typically larger than JPEG or WebP because they preserve every pixel without compression artifacts, making them ideal for graphics but less efficient for photographs.
PNG vs JPG
PNG stores every pixel exactly, and for a photograph that is a very expensive promise to keep. Photographic detail looks close to random noise to a general-purpose compressor, so DEFLATE finds little to exploit and a 12-megapixel picture can sit at 15 or 20 MB as a PNG. The same image at quality 92 usually lands between 1 and 3 MB, and put side by side at 100 percent you would struggle to tell them apart. That trade only makes sense for photographs. Screenshots, charts, logos, diagrams and anything with text are the cases where PNG is both smaller and better looking, because JPG's compression produces visible ringing around the hard edges those images are made of. Check what is actually in the file before converting it. The answer is usually obvious from the thumbnail.
Why Convert PNG to JPG?
- A 15 MB PNG photograph will not go through most email attachment limits, while the 2 MB JPG of the same picture goes through without comment.
- A folder of holiday photos saved as PNG can occupy ten times the disk space it needs to, and converting the lot reclaims most of that.
- An upload form for a job application, an insurance claim or a marketplace listing often has a hard size cap that a PNG photograph blows straight past.
- A page serving PNG photographs is carrying several megabytes it does not need to, and visitors on a phone feel every one of them.
- Social platforms re-encode most of what you upload to JPG anyway, so doing it yourself means you pick the quality setting rather than their pipeline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens to transparency when I convert to JPG?
Transparent pixels come out black. JPG has no alpha channel, so anything see-through has to be replaced with a solid colour, and here that colour is black rather than white. A logo on a transparent background will arrive looking like it has been sitting on a dark card. If the PNG has any transparency you care about, convert to WebP instead, which keeps the alpha channel and is still far smaller than the PNG.
How much space will I actually save?
For photographs, usually 80 to 95 percent. A 5 MB PNG photo commonly lands between 300 and 800 KB at quality 92. For flat graphics with a limited palette the saving collapses, and JPG can occasionally produce the larger file while also looking worse — a good sign you should have kept the PNG.
Why does my screenshot look fuzzy after converting?
Because JPG is the wrong tool for a screenshot. Its compression is tuned for smooth photographic gradients and behaves badly around the sharp black-on-white transitions that text is made of, producing a faint halo of ringing around every letter. Raising the quality to 95 or higher reduces it without removing it. For screenshots and anything with text in it, keep the PNG.
When should I leave the PNG alone?
Whenever the image has transparency, contains text or sharp graphics, or is a master copy you will keep editing. Also leave it alone if the PNG is already small. Nothing is gained by converting a 40 KB icon, and you would lose its transparency doing it. This conversion earns its place on photographs and almost nowhere else.