PDF to ICO Converter

Turn a logo or page from a PDF into a crisp icon with every size inside. Got the logo as SVG? Use SVG to ICO.

How to convert PDF to ICO

  1. Add your PDF. Drop a PDF into the box, or browse for it. It is drawn on your device and never uploaded.
  2. Pick the page. Every page shows under the preview and page 1 is ticked. Pick the page with your logo, or several for one icon each.
  3. Check the margins. Empty margins: Trim cuts the white space around the artwork, so a small logo on an A4 page fills the icon.
  4. Make the ICO and download. Pick the sizes, press Make my ICO and the icon downloads right away.

Just want to read the PDF? Open it in the PDF File Viewer.

Why make an icon from a PDF?

Logos often arrive as a PDF from a designer or a print shop. Windows and browsers cannot use a PDF as an icon.

A PDF is usually vector, so it can be drawn sharp at any size - this tool draws it big first and then makes every icon size from that.

Small logo on a big page? Trimmed for you

A logo in the middle of an A4 page would end up tiny in the icon. With Empty margins: Trim the tool finds the artwork and draws only that part, at 1024 px on its long side.

Pages are drawn with a transparent background, so a logo stays cut out. Want white behind it? Set Background to Solid colour.

Need the whole page instead? Switch to Keep page.

Which icon sizes do you need?

SizeWhere it shows upPreset
16 x 16Browser tabs, Explorer details view, title barsAll presets
32 x 32Desktop at 100%, taskbar, bookmarksAll presets
48 x 48Explorer medium icons, Windows site tilesAll presets
64 / 128Large icons and high-DPI screensRecommended
256 x 256Extra large icons, Windows 10 and 11 StartRecommended, Windows app

The How it looks small panel shows your 16 and 32 px sizes. A page of text will not read at that size - pick a page with a logo or a symbol.

Tips for great icons

  • Logo with a name next to it? The name gets tiny at 16 px. Crop to square on the symbol, or ask for the logo mark alone.
  • Password-protected PDF? Open it, save a copy without the password, then try again.
  • Need images instead? PDF to PNG saves every page as a picture.
  • Going the other way? ICO to PDF puts icons on a page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Drop your PDF into the box, pick the page with your logo, and press Make my ICO.

Empty margins are trimmed, and the icon downloads with every size inside one .ico file.

No. The PDF is drawn and turned into an ICO in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, so it also works for private documents.

Yes, for vector PDFs. The artwork is drawn at 1024 px before the sizes are made. A PDF that only holds a small scanned image cannot get sharper than that image.

Yes. Tick more pages under the preview - each one becomes its own ICO, and they download together as a ZIP.

So logos stay cut out. If you want white or another colour behind it, set Background to Solid colour.

Open it in a PDF reader, save or print a copy without the password, and convert that copy.

Yes. Pick the Website pack preset - you get favicon.ico, PNG sizes, apple-touch-icon, a manifest and the HTML to paste.

Yes. Layers below 256 px are 32-bit bitmaps with a mask and the 256 px layer is a 32-bit PNG - the layout Windows Explorer expects.

Guides & Tutorials

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