PNG (Portable Network Graphics) and JPG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) images are two of the most prevalent image formats. Although PNG supports transparent backgrounds and has better color reproduction, many users still prefer to convert pictures with that format to JPG. That might be because JPG images generally have smaller file sizes due to their lossy compression.

Converting PNG images to JPG is straightforward. Furthermore, there are various ways you can convert PNG files to the JPG alternative in Windows 11. Here are six different Windows methods for converting PNG images to JPG within Windows 11.

1. How to Convert a PNG to JPG in File Explorer

Simply renaming a PNG image file’s extension to JPG is one way you can convert its format. This method doesn’t modify the file’s data, but it will change its extension to JPG nonetheless. You can change a PNG Image’s extension to JPG with File Explorer as follows.

  1. Press the Win + E key combo for opening Explorer.
  2. Click the See more button on Explorer’s command bar and select Options.
    The See more menu
  3. Select the View tab shown directly below.
    The Hide extensions option
  4. Deselect the Hide extensions for known file types checkbox if it’s selected.
  5. Click Apply and OK to save the settings and exit Folder Options.
  6. Open a folder that includes a PNG file.
  7. Right-click the PNG image and select Rename.
    The rename option
  8. Erase the PNG extension at the end of the image’s file name and replace it with JPG.
  9. Press the Enter keyboard key.

2. How to Convert an Image With an Online PNG to JPG Converter

There are myriad web apps with which you can convert PNG images to JPG in Windows browsers. PNG to JPG is one such web app with which you can batch convert up to 20 PNG images to the JPG format. That web app enables you to convert files up to 50 MB in size, and you don’t need to enter an email address to utilize it. This is how to convert PNG images to JPG with that web app.

  1. Open the PNG to JPG web app.
  2. Click Upload Files on that page.
    The PNG to JPG converter
  3. Select some PNG image files, and press the Open button.
  4. Then press the Download All button to save the converted JPG images.

3. How to Save a PNG Image In a JPG Format

If you only need to convert one PNG file to JPG, opening and then saving it to a different format within an image editor is a perfectly good way to do it. You can do that with pretty much any image editor for Windows. This is how you can save a PNG image file to JPG with Windows 11’s Paint software.

  1. Open Windows 11’s search box by pressing its magnifying glass taskbar button.
  2. Enter the keyword Paint in the search tool’s text box.
  3. Click Paint to open its window.
  4. Next, click the File menu.
    The Save as option
  5. Select the Open option.
  6. Choose a PNG image to convert, and select the Open option.
  7. Click File and Save as.
  8. Then select the JPEG picture option to convert it.
    The JPEG Picture option

Read also: JPEG, GIF, or PNG? Image Filetypes Explained and Tested

4. How to Convert PNG Images to JPG Within the Command Prompt

You can convert PNG pictures to the JPG format in the Command Prompt with ImageMagick. ImageMagick is a versatile command-line tool for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. It supports more than 200 image file formats. You can convert PNG images in the Command Prompt with that utility as follows.

  1. Open the ImageMagick download page.
  2. Click Windows Binary Release on that webpage. Then select ImageMagick-7.1.0-25-Q16-HDRI-x64-dll.exe to download the ImageMagick Windows version.
  3. Bring up File Explorer, and open the folder that includes the ImageMagick setup wizard.
  4. Double-click ImageMagick-7.1.0-25-Q16-HDRI-x64-dll to open the setup window for ImageMagick.
  5. Select the I accept agreement radio button, and click Next to continue.
  6. If you want to change the destination path, click Browse and choose another one.
  7. Click Next a couple more times.
  8. Make sure the Create a desktop icon, Add application to system path, Install FFmpeg, and Install legacy utilities checkboxes are selected for the additional tasks options.
    The ImageMagick setup window
  9. Click Next again, and then press the Install button.
  10. After installing ImageMagick, bring up the search tool.
  11. Enter cmd in the search box, and click Run as administrator for the Command Prompt search result.
  12. Then open a folder that includes PNG images within the Command Prompt. To open the default user Pictures folder there, input cd\Users\<user folder name>\Pictures and press Enter.
  13. To convert a PNG image to JPG format, input this command and hit Enter:
            Convert &ldquo;image name.png&rdquo; &ldquo;image name.jpg&rdquo;
        
The convert command

You’ll need to replace the image name in the above conversion command with actual file titles. In addition, change <user folder name> in the cd command with your user folder’s title.

Read also: How to Batch Edit Images With Imagemagick on Windows 10

5. How to Convert PNG Images to JPG With a Google Chrome Extension

There are a few PNG to JPG converter extensions for Google Chrome you can utilize for format conversion. Many of them are simply based on online conversion tools. However, image conversion extensions are more accessible in Google Chrome. This is how to convert PNG files to JPG with the Quality PNG to JPG Converter extension.

  1. Open the Quality PNG to JPG Converter extension page.
  2. Click the Add to Chrome button there.
  3. Then click the Quality PNG to JPG converter button on Chrome’s toolbar.
    The Go2Convert extension
  4. Press the Select Files button.
  5. Choose some PNG images to convert, and click the Open option.
  6. Click the Convert Files option.
  7. Press the Convert Now button.
The Convert Now button

6. How to Convert PNG Images to JPG With File Conversion Software

There are many third-party image conversion software packages for Windows 11. XnConvert is a good freeware utility with which to batch convert multiple PNG images to JPG format. Furthermore, XnConvert enables you to apply editing actions to converted files as well. You can batch convert PNG files to JPG with XnConvert like this.

  1. First, open XnConvert’s download page in a browser.
  2. Click the Setup Win64bit button.
  3. Open the folder you downloaded XnConvert’s setup wizard to in File Explorer.
  4. Double-click XnConvert-win-x64 to open the installer.
  5. Choose a language on the Select Setup Language window, and click the OK button.
  6. Select I accept the agreement and click Next.
  7. If you prefer to choose an XnConvert folder, click Browse and select a different one.
    The XnConvert setup window
  8. Click the Next button a few times, and then select the Install option.
  9. Select the Run XnConvert checkbox, and click the Finish button.
  10. Press the Add files button on XnConvert’s Input tab.
    xnconvert-input-tab
  11. Choose some PNG files to convert, and click the Open button.
  12. Select the Output tab.
  13. Then choose JPG on the Format drop-down menu.
    The Output tab
  14. Click the ellipsis button to select a folder to save the converted images in.
  15. Press the Convert button.

Reduce File Sizes By Converting PNG Images to JPG

Larger PNG images can have somewhat larger file sizes than JPG alternatives. So, converting PNG images to JPG with the methods above in Windows 11 can be considered a form of picture file compression. Doing so will reduce image file sizes, which will free up drive storage space. Choose whatever PNG to JPG conversion method you prefer.