Change picture format with Windows home remedies

Sometimes you have to change the image format because the website where you want to upload the image only supports certain formats - like jpg or png.

Change picture format with Paint

Changing the image format is particularly quick and easy with Microsoft Paint.

1. First, open the picture in the "Windows Photo Viewer". Usually a simple double click on the picture is enough.
2. Now select "Open" in the top toolbar and then Paint.
3. The Microsoft image editing program window opens. There, click on the blue button in the top left and select the "Save as" item. In the following dialog you can select the desired file type below and convert the image into the desired format after clicking on "Save".

If you need to convert many images, the freeware "IrfanView" is recommended. We explain how the so-called batch conversion works here.