AVIF to PNG converter
Turn AVIF images from websites into PNG files that every app opens, with transparency kept. The conversion happens in this browser tab, so your files are never uploaded.
What AVIF is, and why you have one
AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) stores a picture with the compression from AV1, the royalty-free video codec that YouTube and Netflix stream with. For the same visible quality it usually makes a smaller file than JPG, PNG and WebP, so large shops, news sites and image services send AVIF to any browser that says it can read it. When you right-click and save a picture from one of those pages, you get the file your browser received, and more and more often that file ends in .avif.
Browsers show it without complaint. Much other software does not yet: older desktop editors and office suites, many upload forms, print services and marketplace tools still expect JPG or PNG, and Windows needs extra extensions from the Microsoft Store before its Photos app will open one. What is AVIF covers where the format came from and which apps read it.
How to convert AVIF to PNG
- Drop the AVIF files on this page, or choose them. You can add as many as you like in one go.
- Let the browser convert them. Each file is decoded and written out as a PNG in turn, inside this tab.
- Save. Click Save PNG next to a file, or Save all to get them together in one ZIP. Each PNG keeps the original file name with the new extension, so
sofa-oak.avifbecomessofa-oak.png.
Which browsers can do it
This page uses the AVIF decoder built into your browser, so the browser has to have one: Chrome 85, Edge 121, Firefox 93 or Safari 16.4, or any newer version. Edge added AVIF years after Chrome, so an Edge from before 2024 cannot read these files even on a new computer. If your browser is too old, the file shows an error in the list that names those versions instead of a PNG. Updating the browser, or opening this page in another one, fixes it.
What changes, and what does not
Width, height and pixels stay the same. PNG is lossless, so the PNG holds exactly the picture your browser decoded from the AVIF. Nearly every AVIF on the web was saved lossy, and the PNG cannot bring back detail that compression already removed, but it adds no loss of its own. That makes the PNG a good copy to edit: repeated saves do not stack compression on compression.
Transparency is kept. AVIF can carry a full alpha channel, and so can PNG. A product cutout or a logo on a transparent background stays transparent, soft edges included. If you would rather have a JPG, which cannot be transparent, PNG to JPG puts a colour of your choice behind it.
The file gets bigger, often several times bigger. That is the trade: AVIF is built to be small, PNG is built to be exact and to open everywhere. If size matters, keep the AVIF for the web and use the PNG only where an app demands it. Reducing PNG file size shows how to shrink the PNG without visible loss.
HDR and wide colour become standard colour. Some AVIF files hold HDR or wide-gamut colour. The browser converts those to standard sRGB colour as it decodes, so the PNG is an ordinary sRGB image. Metadata is not copied: camera details, dates and location data stay behind. An animated AVIF becomes a still PNG of its first frame.
Converting without uploading
Most online AVIF converters upload your files to a server, convert them there and keep them for a while. This page does not have a server that could receive them. The browser decodes each AVIF and encodes the PNG on your own device, the same way it displays images on every web page, so nothing is sent to getPNG or anyone else. You can check: once the page has loaded, switch the browser to offline and convert another file. How to check a website is not uploading your photos shows how to watch for yourself.
When the background has to go as well
A lot of AVIF files people save are product photos headed for a listing, a slide or a mock-up, where the background is the next job. Each converted file has a Remove background button that opens the original in getPNG's background remover, in the same browser and still without uploading it. You get the subject on a transparent PNG at full size. Saving WebP images from the same sites? WebP to PNG works the same way.
Guides that go further
Part of the formats behind your photos. What each format is, when to use it, and what to do when a file will not open.
- What is AVIF? The newest image format, and when to convert itWhat is AVIF: the AV1 image format behind small web images, which browsers and apps open it, how it handles transparency, and when to convert it to PNG or JPG.
- PNG vs WebP for websites: which should your images be?WebP vs PNG for a website: file size, transparency, browser and CMS support, and the few places a PNG is still the better choice, with numbers and examples.
- Photo file formats: HEIC, JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF and more, explainedPhoto file formats compared: which keep transparency, which every app opens, and what to turn a HEIC, AVIF, WebP or JFIF into before you edit or share it.
- Transparent PNG: what it is, where it works, and where it failsA transparent PNG stores see-through pixels, not a checkered background. How to tell a real one, where transparency survives, and where it turns white.
Questions
How do I convert AVIF to PNG?
Drop the AVIF files on this page, or choose them. The browser converts each one and it appears in the list with a Save PNG button, or Save all to get them in one ZIP. It is free, with no account and no watermark.
Why does it say my browser cannot open AVIF files?
The conversion uses the AVIF decoder built into the browser. Chrome 85, Edge 121, Firefox 93 and Safari 16.4 or newer have one; older versions do not. Update the browser, or open this page in another one.
Is transparency kept when converting AVIF to PNG?
Yes. AVIF and PNG can both hold transparency with soft edges, so an AVIF with a transparent background becomes a PNG with the same transparent background.
Does converting AVIF to PNG lose quality?
No. PNG is lossless, so the PNG holds exactly the picture the AVIF decodes to, at the same size. It cannot restore detail the AVIF's own compression removed, and it adds no loss of its own.
What happens to an HDR AVIF?
The browser converts HDR and wide-colour AVIF images to standard sRGB colour as it decodes them, so the PNG is a standard sRGB image.
Are my AVIF files uploaded?
No. The browser decodes the AVIF and writes the PNG inside this tab, so nothing is sent to getPNG or anyone else. Once the page has loaded it keeps working with the browser offline.
Your files never leave this device
Most online converters upload every file to a server, convert it there and keep it for a while. Here your browser decodes and encodes the picture itself, so there is nowhere for the file to go. You can check it: load this page, switch the browser to offline, and convert a file. How to check a site is not uploading your photos.