JPG to WebP converter
WebP is about a quarter smaller than JPG at the same look — the easy win for a faster website or online store.
Everything happens inside your browser, using your own computer’s memory. Your file is never uploaded, never stored, and nothing is sent to us — so there is no limit on how often you use this.
How converting JPG to WebP works
At a glance
- Converts
- JPG to WebP
- Runs on
- Your browser's own image decoder — no engine to download
- Speed
- Instant for a phone photo
- Sizes
- Longest side 2048, 1080 or 720 pixels, or the original
- Never
- Enlarged — images only ever get smaller
How it works
Images are usually the heaviest part of a web page. Converting product photos and banners to WebP cuts that weight without a visible difference, and every current browser displays it.
A phone photo is around 12 million pixels, and a feed shows it about 1080 pixels wide. Most of what makes the file big is detail no one will ever see at that size. Resizing does far more than any quality setting: halving the width quarters the pixels.
Step by step
- Drop the imageIt opens in this tab. Nothing uploads, and there is nothing to download first.
- Pick the formatJPG for photos, WebP for websites, PNG for logos and screenshots.
- Pick quality and sizeBalanced quality at 1080 pixels suits almost everything posted to a feed.
- Compress and downloadThe file name shows the new size. It stays in this browser until you press Delete.
Which setting for which job
| If you are… | Choose |
|---|---|
| A photo for Instagram, TikTok or a website gallery | JPG · Balanced · 1080 px |
| Product photos for an online store | WebP · Balanced · 2048 px |
| A logo, a screenshot or anything with sharp text | PNG · original size |
| An upload form with a small size limit | JPG · Smallest · 1080 or 720 px |
| Keeping a transparent background | PNG or WebP — JPG cannot store transparency |
| Printing | Do not shrink — keep the original |
Under the hood
The technical detail, for anyone who wants to know exactly what happens to their file. Each line first says it plainly.
The browser's own decoder
No engine to load.
The image is decoded by the browser (createImageBitmap), which already knows every format it can display, and redrawn on a canvas. That is why this tool is instant while the video tools need their engine first.
Longest-side scaling
Upright and sideways shrink alike.
The size you pick is applied to the longer edge, and the other edge follows, so proportions are kept exactly. An image already smaller than the target is left at its own size.
JPG and WebP quality
How much detail is traded for size.
Both are lossy: Smallest, Balanced and Best save at 60, 80 and 92% quality. At 80%, the difference from the original is very hard to see on a phone.
PNG
Lossless.
Every pixel kept exactly. Ideal for sharp edges and text; much larger than JPG for photographs.
Transparency
Why a JPG gets a white background.
JPG cannot store transparent areas. Without a background they would turn black, so the tool paints white behind the image first. WebP and PNG keep transparency as it is.
If something goes wrong
| What you see | Why | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| “This browser cannot open iPhone HEIC photos” | Most browsers cannot decode HEIC, the iPhone's photo format. | On the iPhone, share the photo and save it as JPEG, or set Settings › Camera › Formats to “Most Compatible”. |
| The PNG is bigger than the photo I started with | PNG is lossless, and photographs are full of detail it has to keep. | Use JPG or WebP for photos; keep PNG for logos and screenshots. |
| A transparent background turned white | JPG cannot store transparency. | Save as PNG or WebP instead. |
| The image did not get any bigger | Images are never enlarged — upscaling cannot add detail. | Choose “Original size” to keep it as it is. |
Privacy: your file stays on your computer
Photos carry faces, places and sometimes where they were taken. This one never even needs the video engine — your browser does it all, on your device.
- What your browser downloads
- The page — and, the first time you use a video tool, the video engine: about 32 MB, then kept in your browser's cache.
- What it sends to us
- Nothing. There is no upload step, no copy on our servers and no account. The work happens in your computer's memory.
- How we know
- Our automated tests run every tool while recording every network request the page makes. A single upload fails the test.
- Where the result lives
- In this browser only, until you press Delete. A finished file is still here if you close the tab and come back; a job still running stops when the tab closes.
Questions
Does every browser show WebP?
Every current one does, including Safari on iPhone.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The conversion runs inside your browser, using your own computer's memory. The file never leaves your device.
Which format should I use?
JPG for photos, WebP for websites (about a quarter smaller again), PNG for logos, screenshots and anything with transparency.
Can I compress iPhone HEIC photos?
Not in most browsers yet — they cannot open HEIC. On the iPhone, share the photo and save it as JPEG first, or set Camera › Formats to Most Compatible.
Will it make my image bigger?
No. Images are only ever scaled down, never stretched up.
Does it remove location data?
Redrawing the image on a canvas saves only the pixels, so the camera's embedded details — including location — are not carried into the new file.
A tool makes a file fit. It does not make people watch to the end — that is the hook, the order of the shots, the captions and the music. See how Ruzz does it.
Other conversions
Other free tools
Compress video
Too big to upload, email or text? Make it small enough, without it looking bad. Takes a few minutes.
Convert format
Will not play or upload? Turn an iPhone MOV/HEVC, WebM or MKV into an MP4. Often seconds, with no quality loss.
Crop to 9:16
Turn a landscape or square video into a vertical short for Reels, TikTok and Shorts.
Trim video
Cut the dead air off the start and end, or keep just the 30 seconds that matter.
Extract audio
Pull the sound out of a video as MP3, WAV or AAC.
Grab a cover frame
Pick any moment and save it as a vertical cover image.
Join clips
Filmed it in three takes? Put them end to end in one video — different shapes and silent clips are fine.
Video to GIF
Turn a moment into a GIF with real colours, not the grainy web palette.
Change speed
Slow motion or sped up, from 0.5× to 2×, with voices at their own pitch.
Remove sound
Take the audio off a video in seconds, picture untouched — then add a trending sound in the app.
Resize video
Exactly 1080×1920, 1080×1350, 1080×1080 or 1920×1080 — the size each platform asks for.