How to convert AVIF to Icon (ICO)
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Upload your file
Drag and drop a file or click to select one. Keep this page open while the file uploads and converts.
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Convert AVIF to Icon (ICO)
NexMedia converts AVIF to Icon (ICO) on its own servers. Processing time depends on the file size and how busy the queue is.
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Download the converted file
When the conversion finishes, the download appears on this page. Your converted file is kept for 2 hours, then deleted.
About AVIF
AVIF is an image format based on the AV1 video codec, published by the Alliance for Open Media in 2019. It supports lossy and lossless compression, transparency, HDR and wide colour.
Modern websites, which use it for images smaller than WebP or JPEG at similar quality.
Encoding AVIF is slow, and older software and operating systems may not open it.
Convert AVIF to ICO online free, no account required — ICO is the icon format of Windows and website favicons.
Change AVIF to ICO without losing quality — convert AVIF to ICO free in your browser.
Why won't my image editor or older browser open my AVIF file? The format is still young, and support in desktop software lags well behind the major browsers — a conversion to JPG or PNG keeps the image editable.
About Icon (ICO)
ICO is the Windows icon format. One .ico file can hold several images of the same icon at different sizes.
Website favicons and the icons of Windows programs and shortcuts.
Each image in an ICO file can be at most 256 × 256 pixels, so the format is not suited to photos.
Why convert an image to ICO? A website favicon needs it — browsers ask for favicon.ico, and one ICO file carries every size from 16 to 256 pixels.
What changes when you convert AVIF to ICO
- The AVIF picture is re-encoded as ICO at the default quality settings, so it looks close to the original but is not bit-identical.
- If the AVIF is animated, only its first frame is converted to ICO.
Settings you can change
Before you convert AVIF to ICO, you can adjust: Width, Height, Scale fit, Crop position, Never enlarge, Quality, Lossless, Progressive, Remove metadata, Auto-orient from EXIF, Rotate, and Background.
Limits
Each plan sets a maximum file size and a number of conversions per day, and video and audio files also have a maximum length. Guests can convert files up to 100 megabytes and 5 per day; a free account raises this to 500 megabytes and 25 per day; paid plans go up to 100 gigabytes.
Your converted ICO file is kept for 2 hours, then deleted.
AVIF to ICO: questions and answers
Does converting AVIF to ICO reduce quality?
The AVIF picture is re-encoded as ICO at the default quality settings, so it looks close to the original but is not bit-identical.
What is the difference between AVIF and ICO?
AVIF is a modern image format based on the AV1 video codec. ICO is the icon format of Windows and website favicons.
Can I change the settings when converting AVIF to ICO?
Before you convert AVIF to ICO, you can adjust: Width, Height, Scale fit, Crop position, Never enlarge, Quality, Lossless, Progressive, Remove metadata, Auto-orient from EXIF, Rotate, and Background.
Do I need an account to convert AVIF to ICO?
No. You can convert AVIF to ICO without an account; signing in raises the file-size and daily limits.
How long is my converted ICO file kept?
The ICO file you convert from AVIF is kept for 2 hours, then deleted automatically.
What if my AVIF is animated — do all frames become ICO?
If the AVIF is animated, only its first frame is converted to ICO.
Is the ICO an exact copy of my AVIF?
The AVIF picture is re-encoded as ICO at the default quality settings, so it looks close to the original but is not bit-identical.