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Anyfile converts a Windows icon to a GIF image for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| Colours | Reduced to at most 256 colours, which GIF holds |
|---|---|
| Transparency | Kept |
| Colour depth | Saved at 8 bits per channel |
| File size | About the same |
When to use GIF: Simple looping animations, reaction clips and small graphics with flat colour.
.ico
The Windows icon format. One file bundles the same picture at several sizes, such as 16, 32 and 256 pixels square, so the system can pick the right one.
Website favicons and application icons on Windows.
Opens in browsers, File Explorer, Photos, Preview, GIMP
About ICO files.gif
An image format introduced by CompuServe in 1987. Each frame uses a palette of up to 256 colours, and a file can hold several frames that play as a short loop.
Simple looping animations, reaction clips and small graphics with flat colour.
Opens in every browser, messaging app and image viewer
About GIF filesGoing the other way? Convert GIF to ICO
Everything that converts to GIF
Need to change it first? Open the photo editor
Drop your ICO file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the GIF downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the photo editor.
No. The file is read and converted by your own browser, and nothing is sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to Network, and convert a file. No upload appears.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every GIF inside.