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TIFF to ICO

Anyfile converts a TIFF image to a Windows icon for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.

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What changes from TIFF to ICO

Quality	Resized into 16, 32 and 48 pixel icons
Transparency	Kept
Camera details and location	Left out: the ICO is saved without them
Colour depth	Saved at 8 bits per channel
File size	Usually smaller: ICO compresses more tightly than TIFF

When to use ICO: Website favicons and application icons on Windows.

Options

Open the file in the photo editor to choose before downloading:

Icon sizes: a favicon set, a full set up to 256 px, or one size

The two formats

.tiff · .tif

TIFF imageTagged Image File Format

A flexible format created by Aldus in the mid-1980s and now maintained by Adobe. It handles high bit depths and several pages per file, usually uncompressed or with lossless compression.

Print work, scanning, photo archives and passing images between professional tools.

Opens in Preview, Photos, Photoshop, GIMP, Affinity Photo

About TIFF files

.ico

Windows icon

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

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Need to change it first? Open the photo editor

Questions

How do I convert TIFF to ICO?

Drop your TIFF file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the ICO downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the photo editor.

Is my TIFF file uploaded anywhere?

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.

What happens to the other pages?

Every page becomes its own ICO, numbered in order, together in a ZIP.

Is my location removed?

Yes: the ICO is saved without camera details, so the location isn’t in it.

Can I convert several TIFF files at once?

Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every ICO inside.