How to Convert WebP to JPG on Windows

WebP is an image format Google made for the web. It usually makes smaller files than JPG or PNG and can hold transparency and short animations, so many websites serve their images as WebP and saving one often gives you a .webp file.

Every modern browser shows WebP, but support is patchier elsewhere: some upload forms take only JPG or PNG, and older photo and office programs can't open WebP. JPG opens practically everywhere, which is why it's still the safe format to send.

Yes, one image at a time. Paint and Photos can open a WebP file and save a copy in another format.

• Paint: open the image, choose File > Save as > JPEG picture (or PNG picture). There is no quality setting.
• Photos: open the image, click See more (…), choose Save as and pick JPG as the file type. The WebP stays as it was.
• If a WebP won't open: install Microsoft's free WebP Image Extensions from the Microsoft Store and try again. File Acture doesn't need them, because it reads WebP with its own engine.

For a handful of images, Paint or Photos is all you need. With dozens, opening and saving each one by hand is slow, and neither app converts a folder in one go. File Acture's Convert Images converts a whole batch of WebP files to JPG with one quality setting, on your PC.

It reads WebP with its own engine and never uploads a file. Choose JPEG under Format and set Quality; 85 is the default. Keep metadata is off by default, so camera details and location are left out, while color profiles are always kept so colors don't shift. Each JPG keeps the original file name, and nothing already in the folder is overwritten.

The same tool also writes PNG and WebP. The new files go to the folder you pick under Folder, and the originals stay as they were.

Choose JPG for photos and PNG for anything with transparency or sharp edges; File Acture and Paint can write both.

For JPG, the default Quality of 85 is a sensible middle ground. Go up to 90 or more for prints and images you'll edit again, and down to 70 or 75 for pictures that only need to look good on a web page.

• JPG: photos and other pictures with smooth color changes. Files are small and open everywhere, but JPG is lossy and has no transparency.
• PNG: logos, screenshots, text, line art and images with a transparent background. PNG is lossless and keeps transparency, but a photo saved as PNG makes a much larger file.

Check what happens to transparency, animation and file size first.

• Transparency: JPG can't store it, so File Acture fills transparent areas with white. Choose PNG to keep them.
• Animation: File Acture turns an animated WebP into a still JPG made from its first frame.
• File size: a JPG is often larger than the WebP it came from. To fit an upload limit, use Compress Images with a target such as 500 KB.
• Other formats: for PNG files, see how to convert PNG to JPG. iPhone photos are HEIC: convert HEIC to JPG.
• Batches: the free version converts up to 5 images per run, with 3 runs on each PC; see pricing for Pro.

Online converters upload your images to someone else's server, a poor fit for private photos and client files. File Acture converts on your PC, so the files never leave it; the free version needs an internet connection only to count its runs, and Pro works without one.

If the JPG is for a form, it probably has a KB limit too: pixel and KB limits, explained.