WebP to JPG
You saved a picture from the web and now nothing will open it. This is the one-step fix, and it happens on your own machine.
Runs on your device — images are never uploadedDrop your images here
or click to browse — as many as you like
WebP
Opens anywhere. No transparency, and each save loses a little.
90 is the sensible default. Below about 70 the edges of text and flat colour start to show it.
Converting is not compressing. Going to PNG makes most photographs larger, and no conversion can put back detail an earlier JPG already discarded.
How it works
Three steps, no account, and the images never leave your computer.
Drop the WebP files in
As many as you like. Anything your browser can open is accepted, so a mixed folder is fine too.
JPG is already selected
Change it if you want something else, and adjust the quality if the format has one. The panel warns you if transparency is about to be lost.
Convert and save
One file downloads on its own; several come down as a ZIP. Each shows whether it ended up smaller or larger than it started.
Why people do this conversion
An image saved from a website
The most common reason by far. Modern sites serve WebP, and the file lands in your downloads folder unopenable.
An upload form that rejects it
Application portals, marketplaces and school systems often list JPG and PNG and have never heard of WebP.
Sending a picture to somebody
Whoever receives it may be on an old phone or an old laptop. JPG is the format you never have to think about.
Getting it into older software
Photo editors, document templates and presentation software more than a few years old simply do not read WebP.
Why you have a WebP you did not ask for
Almost nobody chooses to have a WebP. You right-clicked an image on a website, saved it, and got a file your photo viewer, your document editor or an upload form refuses to touch.
That is because WebP is a format for serving images, not storing them. Websites use it because it is roughly 25 to 35% smaller than the same picture as JPG, which makes pages load faster. Every current browser reads it. Plenty of everything else does not.
What still refuses WebP
| Where it fails | Why |
|---|---|
| Older versions of Office and Photoshop | Support arrived late; anything a few years old will not open it |
| Print shops and photo labs | Conservative workflows built on JPG and TIFF |
| Many upload forms | Accept lists written before WebP existed and never revisited |
| Smart TVs, older phones, digital frames | Firmware that will never be updated |
| Some email clients as an inline preview | Shows as an attachment rather than an image |
What the conversion costs
WebP is usually lossy and JPG is lossy, so this is a re-encode: the picture is decoded and compressed again. At the default quality of 90 the difference is not visible on a photograph, but it is a real second generation of loss. Convert once, from the WebP you have, rather than repeatedly.
The file will usually get larger, since JPG needs more space for the same quality. That is the price of a format everything can open.
If the WebP has transparency
WebP can store transparency and JPG cannot. If yours does — a logo or an icon rather than a photograph — it will be filled with a solid colour here, white by default. If you need the transparency kept, convert to PNG instead.
If it is animated
Animated WebP exists and is common for the short loops that replaced GIFs. JPG holds one image, so only the first frame survives the conversion.
Common questions
Why will nothing open my WebP?
WebP is a web delivery format. Browsers all read it; a lot of desktop software, print workflows and upload forms still do not. Converting to JPG removes the problem entirely.
Will the quality drop?
Slightly. Both formats are lossy, so this is a second compression. At the default setting it is not visible on a photograph, but do it once rather than repeatedly.
Why is the JPG larger than the WebP?
Because WebP compresses better. Needing 25 to 35% more space for the same picture is the cost of a format that opens everywhere.
What happens to transparency?
It gets filled with a solid colour, since JPG cannot store it. Choose the colour before converting, or convert to PNG instead if you need it kept.
Can I convert a folder of them at once?
Yes. Drop in as many as you like and they come back as a ZIP. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no limit on how many.
More tools
Every one of them runs on your device. No uploads, no accounts.