JPG to ICO
Only have your logo as a JPG? Turn it into an ICO file you can use as a website favicon.
JPG to ICO for when a JPG is all you have
A website's favicon is usually made from a PNG with a transparent background, but small businesses and bloggers often have just a JPG logo from a designer, a printer or an old website. This JPG to ICO converter works with what you've got, turning that image into a proper favicon.ico.
The ICO file bundles three sizes together, so browsers can pick the right one for tabs, bookmarks and shortcuts.
How to convert JPG to ICO
The whole process takes under a minute, and most of that is deciding how to crop.
- 1
Crop your JPG to a square
A square image fills the whole icon. Wide or tall pictures are fitted inside, leaving empty strips at the sides.
- 2
Upload and convert
Drop the JPG on the box and press Convert to ICO. The 16, 32 and 48 pixel versions are made automatically.
- 3
Add it to your website
Download the file, name it favicon.ico and upload it to the root folder of your site.
Getting a good icon from a JPG
- Crop close to the mark. Use the crop option in Resize Image to cut away empty space, so the symbol fills the square.
- Pick a part of the logo. A wordmark is unreadable at 16 pixels. The first letter or the symbol on its own works better.
- Mind the background. A white background looks like a white square on a dark browser tab. A solid brand color tends to look more deliberate.
- Avoid photos of people or scenes. They turn into an unrecognizable smudge at this size.
Icons sizes in the file
| Size | Shown in |
|---|---|
| 16 × 16 px | Browser tabs on standard displays |
| 32 × 32 px | Browser tabs on high-density displays, taskbar pins |
| 48 × 48 px | Desktop shortcuts, and suitable for Google search results |
Need more than an ICO?
To get PNG favicons and an Apple touch icon too, upload your JPG to the favicon generator instead, which packs everything into one ZIP. If you can get your logo as a transparent PNG, PNG to ICO will give you a cleaner icon. And ICO to PNG can pull the picture back out of an existing favicon.
Private and free
Your image is processed in the browser, not on a server. It's free, with no sign-up, and the icon has no watermark on it.
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Frequently asked questions
Drop the JPG on this page and press Convert to ICO. You'll download one .ico file containing 16, 32 and 48 pixel versions of your image.
No. JPG can't store transparency, so its background stays in the icon, often as a white box. For a see-through background, you'd need a PNG with transparency, converted through PNG to ICO.
A detailed photo can't survive at 16 pixels, since there's so little room. Crop tightly around one simple subject, or use a bold letter or symbol instead.
256 × 256 pixels or larger gives the best results. Scaling down from a big image produces sharper small icons than scaling from a tiny one.
Yes, Windows can read the file, but the biggest image is 48 pixels. It may look soft in large icon views, so it's best suited to favicons.
No. The ICO is built in your browser, so the image stays on your device.
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