Convert WEBP images to JPG in your browser — private, instant, free.
WebP files saved from websites frequently need to become JPG, because JPG is accepted essentially everywhere and WebP still is not. This converter re-encodes the image as a JPG, which is universally supported by editors, printers, upload forms and email clients.
JPG has no alpha channel. Any transparent area in the WebP is filled with solid white during conversion, so a logo or product cutout with a transparent background arrives with a white rectangle around it.
If the image has transparency you need to keep, convert to PNG instead. It is worth checking before converting — transparency is not always obvious when an image is viewed against a white page background, and only becomes visible when placed on a coloured one.
If the WebP was lossy, converting to JPG compresses an already-compressed image, adding a second layer of loss. Each format discards different information, so the artefacts do not align neatly and can reinforce each other.
In practice, converting at a JPG quality of 85-90 keeps the result visually indistinguishable from the WebP. Going below about 75 on a source that was already lossy is where the compounding becomes noticeable — particularly as blotchiness in skies and smooth gradients.
| JPG quality | Result from lossy WebP |
|---|---|
| 90-95 | No visible change; file may exceed the WebP |
| 85 | Effectively identical; sensible default |
| 75 | Slight softening in detailed areas |
| Below 60 | Compounded artefacts clearly visible |
WebP compresses about 25-35% more efficiently than JPG, so the converted file will generally be larger for the same visual quality. That is the cost of compatibility, and for a one-off upload or print it does not matter. It does matter if you were planning to convert a website's images to JPG — that would be moving backwards; the web is where WebP belongs.
WebP supports animation and JPG does not. Converting an animated WebP produces a single still frame — the first one. If you need to keep the motion, GIF or a short MP4 is the appropriate target.
Colour is preserved accurately for standard sRGB images, which covers essentially everything from the web. Wide-gamut images may shift slightly if the colour profile is not carried through, though this is rare for material sourced from websites. Most metadata is dropped in conversion — again typically not an issue for web-sourced images, which usually have had it stripped already.
The conversion runs in your browser using the Canvas API, which decodes WebP and encodes JPG natively. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no waiting on a server, no file size cap and no copy of your images anywhere but your own machine. The page continues to work if you go offline after loading it.
They are filled with white, since JPG has no alpha channel. Convert to PNG instead if the transparency matters — a logo will otherwise arrive with a visible white box around it.
A little. A lossy WebP being re-encoded as JPG goes through a second round of compression. At JPG quality 85-90 the result is visually indistinguishable; below about 75 the compounded artefacts start to show in smooth areas.
Because WebP compresses roughly 25-35% more efficiently at the same visual quality. A larger file is the trade-off for JPG's universal compatibility.
Only to a still image of the first frame, since JPG has no animation support. Use GIF or a short video file if the animation needs to be preserved.
Most modern sites serve WebP to browsers that support it, because it is smaller and loads faster. Your browser saves whatever it received, so the file arrives in that format even though you may have expected JPG.