Convert PNG to SVG
Trace a PNG into an editable SVG vector in your browser. Choose how many colors and how much detail to keep; logos, icons, diagrams, and flat artwork trace best, while photographs create larger and more complex paths.
Files are converted on your device and never uploaded.
- Price
- Free
- Uploads
- None, it runs on your device
- Sign-up
- Not needed
- Batch
- Unlimited files
- Output
- SVG, traced shapes
- Install
- Nothing to install
How it works
How to convert PNG to SVG
Add your PNG files
Drop PNG files onto the converter, click to choose them, or paste from the clipboard. Add as many as you like.
Check the settings
Pick how many colors to trace and how much detail to keep. Fewer colors give cleaner, smaller SVGs.
Download your SVG images
Each file gets its own download button as soon as it's ready. Download all saves everything in one ZIP file.
The formats
PNG and SVG at a glance
What is a PNG file?
PNG is a lossless image format, so it keeps every pixel exactly as it was saved. It supports transparent backgrounds, which makes it the usual choice for logos, screenshots, and graphics with sharp edges or text. A photo saved as PNG is often several times larger than the same photo as a JPG. It opens in every web browser, Windows Photos, macOS Preview, iPhone and Android galleries, and editors like Photoshop, GIMP, and Figma.
What is an SVG file?
SVG describes an image as shapes, paths, and text instead of pixels, so it stays perfectly sharp at any size. It's the standard for logos, icons, and illustrations on the web, and the files are text you can edit. Photos can't be stored efficiently as SVG. It opens in every browser, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, and code editors. Windows Photos and many upload forms can't open it.
Good to know
What changes when you convert PNG to SVG
- Tracing converts pixels into colored shapes. Logos, icons, and flat artwork trace cleanly, while photos come out posterized.
- Large or detailed images make big SVG files. Reduce the colors or detail to keep them small.
- Very large images, around 100 megapixels or more, can exceed what the browser allows, especially on phones.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is PNG to SVG the same as placing a PNG inside an SVG?
No. This converter traces colored regions into vector paths, so the result can scale cleanly and be edited in vector software instead of merely wrapping the original bitmap.
Is this PNG to SVG converter free?
Yes. It's completely free, with no sign-up, no watermark, and no limit on how many files you convert. It costs Ethical Tube nothing to run, because the conversion happens on your own device rather than on a server.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs inside your browser with the browser's built-in image codecs plus small WebAssembly encoders, so your files never leave your device. Once the page has loaded, it even works offline.
Will the SVG look exactly like my PNG?
It will look similar, not identical. Tracing turns areas of color into vector shapes, which works well for logos, icons, and flat illustrations. Photos and soft gradients come out posterized.
Can I convert several PNG files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like. They're converted one after another, and you can download each SVG file as soon as it's ready or all of them in one ZIP file.
Does it work on iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows?
Yes. It works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, on computers, iPhones, and Android phones.
What can open an SVG file?
Every browser, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, and code editors. Windows Photos and many upload forms can't open it.
Is there a file size limit?
There's no upload limit because nothing is uploaded. The practical limit is your device's memory: everyday files are fine, and most computers handle images up to about 100 megapixels.
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