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Convert JPG to AVIF

Convert JPG to AVIF for free, right here in your browser. Your files are never uploaded, and they keep their names.

  • Free
  • Runs on your device
  • No account
  • No limits

  • AVIF takes a little longer to make, so big photos can need a few seconds.

How to convert JPG to AVIF

  1. Drop your JPG files in the box above. You can also click the box to pick files, or paste them.
  2. Each file is converted to AVIF on your own device. It usually takes a second or two.
  3. Download each file, or get them all in one zip. Every file keeps its name.

Why convert JPG to AVIF?

Both are modern web formats, so this is usually about making a page load faster.

AVIF files are usually a good deal smaller than JPG, so this is a common way to save space.

Both formats are lossy, so this saves the picture a second time. Keep the quality high if the image matters.

About the two formats

JPG: The standard choice for photos. Files are small and every app can open them. It can't store transparent backgrounds.

AVIF: The newest web format. It makes the smallest files of all, and every modern browser can show it.

JPG and JPEG are the same format. The two extensions are interchangeable, and .jpg is the more common of the two. If a form has asked you for one and you have the other, rename it here rather than converting it.

The whole conversion happens in your browser. Your file is unpacked into raw pixels and saved again as AVIF. Nothing is sent to any server.

Common questions

Is the JPG to AVIF converter free?

Yes, properly free. No paid tier, no trial, no watermark on the result and nothing to sign up for. Put as many files through it as you like, as often as you like.

Are my files uploaded to a server?

No. The JPG to AVIF converter runs inside your browser, on your own machine, so your files never go anywhere. Big ones are fine too, up to whatever your browser can hold.

Does converting JPG to AVIF lose quality?

Slightly, because the picture is compressed a second time and each pass throws away a little more. It's rarely visible in one step at a high quality setting. Where it shows is after several rounds, so work from the best original you have rather than converting the same file back and forth.

Will the AVIF file be smaller than the JPG?

Usually much smaller. AVIF compresses far harder than JPG, and it's common to see a file drop to a fraction of what it was with no visible difference. How much you save depends on the picture, since photographs compress better than screenshots and line art.

Does converting JPG to AVIF keep the date and location from the original?

No. The image is rebuilt pixel by pixel, so the camera model, the date and any GPS location in the original aren't carried into the AVIF file. That cuts both ways: it strips information you may not want to share, and it loses information you may have wanted to keep. Check the original with the metadata viewer first if it matters.

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Free to use, with no account and no limits. Everything runs in your browser, and your files never leave your device.