SVG to PNG converter
Convert SVG to PNG in seconds, free and unlimited. No upload, no sign-up, no watermark: your image never leaves your device.
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Quick answer: To convert SVG to PNG, add the SVG file to the iHateFiles SVG to PNG converter and press Convert. The conversion runs in your browser, so the file is never uploaded, and it is free with no sign-up, watermark or size limit. A straight swap between two raster formats, at full resolution.
Choosing the size first
An SVG is a set of drawing instructions, sharp at any size, and a PNG is a fixed grid of pixels. So the one decision here is how big it should be: a logo for a slide wants far more pixels than a favicon. If in doubt, go large, since shrinking a PNG later is easy and enlarging one is not.
Transparent backgrounds are kept. If the SVG uses a font your device does not have, the text may change: outline text in the design tool before exporting if that matters.
Should you convert SVG to PNG?
A safe conversion: SVG and PNG are both lossless image formats, so nothing about the picture changes, only the file it is stored in.
Nothing is discarded
SVG and PNG are both lossless image formats, so every pixel survives the move intact. Convert back and forth as often as you like; the image does not degrade.
SVG and PNG side by side
| SVG | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossless | Lossless |
| Transparency | Yes | Yes |
| Animation | No | No |
| Here | Read and write | Read and write |
What usually goes wrong
About the SVG. Converting a photograph to SVG does not turn it into vectors. It embeds the same pixels inside an SVG wrapper, which is larger than the original and no sharper.
About the PNG. People save photographs as PNG and wonder why an email bounces. A photo that is 400 KB as a JPG is routinely 4 MB as a PNG, because lossless compression cannot do much with the noise in a real photograph.
How to convert SVG to PNG
- Add your SVG file. It is read from your disk and stays there.
- Check the settings. The output format is already set to PNG.
- Press convert and the PNG file is saved back to your device.
PNG converter: everything that converts to PNG
Questions
How do I convert SVG to PNG?
Open this page, add your SVG file, and press convert. The file is decoded and re-encoded by your own browser and saved back to your device. Nothing is uploaded.
Is this SVG to PNG converter free?
Yes, completely. There is no account, no sign-in, no watermark and no daily limit, because there is no server doing the work. Your own device does it.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. There is no upload endpoint. The conversion runs inside this browser tab, so your file never leaves your device. You can open your browser's network panel and watch: nothing carrying your file is sent.
Is there a file size limit?
No fixed limit. Because the work happens on your machine there is no server quota. The only ceiling is your own device's memory, which for video means very large files may be slow.
Will converting to PNG lose quality?
PNG is lossless, so this step throws nothing away. If the original was already a lossy format, the damage it did cannot be undone, but nothing further is lost.
Can I convert several SVG files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like and they are converted one after another, then offered as a single ZIP.