How to convert WebP to JPG
- Drop the
.webpfile you saved into the box above, choose it, or paste it. - JPEG is already selected. Keep quality 85, or raise it for printing.
- Select Download. The JPG keeps the original file name.
Where WebP causes trouble
- Upload forms for jobs, visas, marketplaces and banks that list “JPG or PNG only”.
- Older photo viewers and editors, including some versions of Photoshop and Windows Photo Viewer.
- Email and chat, where some recipients' apps show a WebP as an attachment instead of a picture.
- Printing services and photo kiosks, which often expect JPG.
Save as JPG in the first place
Browsers download whatever format the website sent. To avoid converting every time, try opening the image in a new tab and checking whether the site offers a download button, which sometimes gives the original JPG. Otherwise, dropping the WebP here takes a few seconds.
How it works
The WebP is decoded by your browser and redrawn pixel by pixel, which leaves behind its embedded EXIF and XMP data. JPG can't store transparency, so the canvas is painted white before the image goes on it: a logo with a see-through background comes out on white, not black. MozJPEG then encodes it at quality 85 by default. For an animated WebP, the browser hands over only the first frame, so the result is a still image of that frame.
Common uses
- Image saved from a website. You save a picture from a web page and it arrives as .webp instead of .jpg. Convert it to JPG to use it like any other photo.
- Adding a picture to a document. Older versions of Word, PowerPoint and other office apps can't insert WebP images. Convert to JPG first and the picture drops straight into the document.
- Editing in your usual photo app. If your editor shows an error or a blank canvas when opening a WebP, convert it to JPG at quality 95 and edit that copy.