Pulling an icon out of an ICO file for an old Windows tool that reads BMP is the niche but real reason for this pair. ICO is a container format for icons that can hold several sizes of the same picture in one file, used for favicons and app icons. This free ico to bmp converter does that conversion entirely in your browser, so your file is never uploaded and no signup is needed. BMP output is an uncompressed 24-bit bitmap, which any legacy tool can open, at the cost of a much larger file than the input. The honest limits: BMP has no transparency in this 24-bit output, so see-through areas become white. The file will also be much larger than the input.
How to use this ico to bmp converter
From a ICO file to a BMP file, without uploading anything.
Choose a .ico file from your device, or drag it onto the tool.
Press the convert button and the file is decoded and re-encoded on your own device, with nothing sent to a server.
The converted file downloads with the same base name and the new extension, ready to use.
Why convert ICO to BMP
Pulling an icon out of an ICO file for an old Windows tool that reads BMP is the niche but real reason for this pair.
ICO is a container format for icons that can hold several sizes of the same picture in one file, used for favicons and app icons.
BMP output is an uncompressed 24-bit bitmap, which any legacy tool can open, at the cost of a much larger file than the input.
BMP has no transparency in this 24-bit output, so see-through areas become white. The file will also be much larger than the input.
Decoding and encoding happen on your own device, so personal photos and unpublished artwork never leave your browser.
ICO to BMP Converter FAQs
Short, direct answers to the questions readers ask most.
The BMP output is uncompressed 24-bit, so it will be much larger than a compressed input. That size is the price of compatibility with legacy tools.
ICO is a container format for icons that can hold several sizes of the same picture in one file, used for favicons and app icons.
BMP output is an uncompressed 24-bit bitmap, which any legacy tool can open, at the cost of a much larger file than the input.
BMP has no transparency in this 24-bit output, so see-through areas become white. The file will also be much larger than the input.
Yes. It runs entirely in your browser, with no account, no signup, and nothing uploaded.
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