Convert AVIF to PNG

PNG is the right target for an AVIF in two situations: the image has a transparent background, or you are going to keep editing it. Both come down to the same thing — PNG stores every pixel exactly as it receives them, and stores the see-through ones too, so nothing further is thrown away no matter how many times you save it.

  1. Your AVIF images

    Drop your AVIF images here

    AVIFPNGJPGWebP

    Your files are never uploaded.

  2. What you want back

  3. Your files

How to convert AVIF to PNG

  1. Add your AVIF files

    One or a folder full. They are read by your browser and never uploaded.

  2. Leave it on PNG

    JPG and WebP are there too if you change your mind — the same files, a different button.

  3. Save the PNGs

    Individually, or the whole batch as a zip.

What you get

The transparent background survives

AVIF has an alpha channel and so does PNG, so a cut-out product shot or an icon with rounded corners arrives with the background still missing rather than filled in white. This is the reason to choose PNG over JPG here, and it is not a small one — JPG would flatten it and you could not get it back.

Nothing further is discarded

PNG is lossless. Whatever the AVIF decodes to is exactly what lands in the file, and stays exact through every subsequent save. If the image is going into an editor and coming out again, this is the format that survives the round trip.

No decoder, no wait

Every current browser decodes AVIF already. There is nothing to download and nothing to install, so the first conversion is as fast as the last.

Your files are never uploaded

The decoding and the encoding both happen in this page. Your files are never uploaded, nothing is queued on a server, and no copy of your image is left behind.

Questions about AVIF and PNG

PNG or JPG — which should I pick?
PNG if the image has any transparency, or if you are going to edit and re-save it. JPG if it is an ordinary photograph you just need to open or send somewhere, because the PNG will be several times larger for no visible benefit. This page defaults to PNG because that is what people searching for it want; the button for JPG is right there if it turns out you want the other.
Does converting to PNG improve the quality?
No, and it is important to be clear about this. AVIF is a lossy format, so some detail was already discarded before the file reached you, and nothing can put it back. What lossless means here is that no *further* loss happens — from this point on the pixels stay exactly as they are, through this conversion and through every save after it.
Why is the PNG so much bigger than the AVIF?
Because PNG stores the picture exactly, and AVIF stores an approximation designed to look the same at a fraction of the size. A 400 KB AVIF becoming a 4 MB PNG is normal. If the size matters more than the precision, WebP is the middle ground — it keeps transparency at roughly a third of PNG's size, and every current browser opens it.
Why will my photo editor not open the AVIF directly?
AVIF was adopted by browsers years before it was adopted by desktop software, because the web had an immediate reason to want smaller images. Plenty of editors still cannot read one, and some that can need a plugin. Your browser can, which is why this conversion can happen here at all.
Is it free, and is my image uploaded?
Free, no account, and no limit on how many images. Everything runs in your browser. Your files are never uploaded.

For an ordinary photograph you probably want JPG — several times smaller, and you will not see the difference. Photos off an iPhone instead of off the web? That is HEIC to PNG. If the PNG comes out too big for an upload limit, fit it to a size in KB.