How to convert TIFF 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 TIFF to Icon (ICO)
NexMedia converts TIFF 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 TIFF
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is a flexible image format from 1986 that can store lossless or lossy images, several pages and high bit depths in one file.
Scanning, printing and publishing, and archiving master images.
Uncompressed or losslessly compressed TIFFs are very large, and most web browsers do not display TIFF.
Convert TIFF to ICO online free, no account required — ICO is the icon format of Windows and website favicons.
Change TIFF to ICO without losing quality — convert TIFF to ICO free in your browser.
Why are my scanned TIFF files hundreds of megabytes? TIFF keeps every detail for print and archival, usually uncompressed — after the archive copy is safe, a JPG or PNG version is far easier to send and share.
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 TIFF to ICO
- The TIFF picture is re-encoded as ICO at the default quality settings, so it looks close to the original but is not bit-identical.
Settings you can change
Before you convert TIFF 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.
TIFF to ICO: questions and answers
Does converting TIFF to ICO reduce quality?
The TIFF 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 TIFF and ICO?
TIFF is a flexible image format for print, scanning and archiving. ICO is the icon format of Windows and website favicons.
Can I change the settings when converting TIFF to ICO?
Before you convert TIFF 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 TIFF to ICO?
No. You can convert TIFF 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 TIFF is kept for 2 hours, then deleted automatically.
Is the ICO an exact copy of my TIFF?
The TIFF picture is re-encoded as ICO at the default quality settings, so it looks close to the original but is not bit-identical.
Will converting TIFF to ICO change my original file?
No. The conversion reads your TIFF and writes a new ICO file, leaving your original TIFF file untouched.