ICO to SVG converter.

Pixel paths reads every pixel of the frame and writes one SVG path per color, each a set of one-pixel-high rectangles merged along the rows, with crisp edges. It is exact, scales without blur, and opens as editable shapes in Figma, Illustrator or Inkscape. Embedded PNG wraps the frame as an <image> inside an SVG instead: one element, the same pixels.

Yes, exactly: pixel paths is a lossless description of the frame, not a trace. Zoomed in, you see the pixels as squares, which is what pixel art should look like. Smooth curves aren't invented; for those, redraw in a vector editor from the paths.

The 16- or 32-pixel one for a favicon, which keeps the file tiny and faithful to the designed pixels. A 256-pixel frame makes a large SVG with thousands of rectangles; it still works, but the PNG embed is lighter.

Yes. Each color is one path, so you can select a color and change it, delete it or move it in any vector editor; the embedded-PNG variant is one image you can only scale.

Drop the ICO, pick the frame and the mode, and copy the SVG text or download the file. The status line counts the paths.

An ICO is a container: a directory of frames, each a PNG or a Windows bitmap at its own size and depth. The tool reads the directory itself, lists every frame and starts on the largest; the Frame choice in the bar switches to another.

A browser shown an ICO picks one frame itself, usually by the size it needs, so an edit made through an <img> would be a lottery. This tool parses the file instead: PNG-wrapped frames are handed to the browser's PNG decoder, bitmap frames (1 to 32 bits, with their AND mask) are decoded by hand.

No. The ICO is read and its frames decoded by JavaScript on your device; the page makes no request with your file. Load it, go offline and it still works.

No. The ICO to SVG converter is free and opens without a sign-in, an account or an install.

Nothing. The ICO to SVG converter holds your input in the page's memory, so closing or reloading the tab clears it, and it saves nothing in this browser.

Up to 20 MB per file, the limit the tool states under its drop area. A larger file is refused with a plain message instead of being decoded.

An ICO can hold several sizes. The tool lists the frames, largest first, and converts the one you choose; the download is named with that frame's width. Both PNG and older BMP-style frames are read.

The chosen frame's own size in pixels: the tool doesn't scale an icon up or down.

Closest to the ICO to SVG converter: ICO to PNG converter, SVG to ICO converter, SVG to PNG converter, SVG editor. Each opens on its own page, free and in the browser.

The ICO to SVG converter is one of 37 in its group. The group's page, /tools/ico, lists them all.

The tool is free. Its interface is built from shadcn.io's own components (Button, Input, Slider and the rest of the registry under /ui), which come in React, Vue, Svelte and Solid. Pro adds the blocks and templates for the product around it.