ICNS to PNG Converter

Save every image inside a macOS .icns as a transparent PNG, Retina sizes included. Need a Windows icon instead? Use ICNS to ICO.

How to convert ICNS to PNG

  1. Add your ICNS files. Drop up to 30 .icns files into the box, or browse for them. They are read on your device and never uploaded.
  2. Pick the sizes. Every image inside the ICNS shows under the preview and all are ticked. Press Largest to keep only the biggest one.
  3. Adjust if you like. Keep the PNGs exact, make them smaller, add a background colour or resize them.
  4. Convert and download. Press Convert. One or two PNGs download directly, more come as a ZIP.

Only want to look inside? Open the file in the ICNS File Viewer.

What is inside an ICNS?

A Mac icon holds the same picture at several sizes, from 16 px for Finder lists up to 1024 px for Retina screens.

Each size becomes its own PNG, named by its size, so you can pick exactly the one you need.

  • PNG images (macOS 10.7 and newer) - read in every browser.
  • Old RLE and ARGB images with masks - read too.
  • JPEG 2000 images (rare, OS X 10.5 era) - only Safari can read them, other browsers skip them.

Where to find an app's ICNS

On a Mac, right-click the app in Finder and choose Show Package Contents. The icon is in Contents > Resources, usually named AppIcon.icns.

Copy it out first - changing files inside an app can break it.

What to do with the PNGs

  • Website favicon: take the 512 px PNG to the PNG to Favicon converter.
  • Windows icon: skip the PNGs and use ICNS to ICO.
  • Edit and rebuild: change the PNG in any editor, then make a new Mac icon with PNG to ICNS.

Frequently Asked Questions

Drop your .icns into the box and press Convert. Every size inside is saved as its own PNG - more than two come as one ZIP.

No. The ICNS is read and converted in your browser, on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

Yes. Press Largest above the size list, or untick the sizes you do not need.

Yes. Mac icons are transparent around the shape, and every PNG keeps that. Want a solid background? Pick the White background preset.

They are JPEG 2000 images, which only Safari can decode. The other sizes still work, and Safari reads all of them.

Use PNG to ICNS - it builds every macOS size from one image.

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