Turn GIF GIFs into ICO. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop GIF files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop GIF files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. Open Options first if you want to change the defaults. The work happens in this tab.
Save the ICO, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The GIF to ICO converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your GIFs are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
GIF is limited to 256 colours and produces very large files for anything longer than a few seconds. ICO holds several sizes in one file, which is what favicons and Windows shortcuts need. GIF is at home in short looping clips and reactions; ICO is the usual choice for website favicons and Windows app icons.
ICO holds a single still image, so an animated GIF does not stay animated. The defaults suit most files. Under Options you can pick which icon sizes go into the file.
If the GIF is animated, only its first frame is converted and the result is a still picture.
GIF is a 1987 format that survives because it loops silently everywhere. Each frame can use at most 256 colours, so photos and video look grainy and files are far larger than an equivalent MP4.
Opens in Every browser, phone and messaging app
GIF converterAn ICO file bundles the same icon at several sizes, such as 16, 32 and 48 pixels, so Windows or a browser can pick the sharpest one. It is still the most compatible way to ship a favicon.
Opens in Windows and every browser (as favicon.ico)
ICO converter| GIFGIF image | ICOIcon file | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | Graphics Interchange Format | Windows icon |
| Type | Raster image, often animated | Icon container |
| Compression | Lossless, but limited to 256 colours per frame | PNG or uncompressed bitmaps inside |
| Transparency | On or off only (no soft edges) | Yes |
| Animation | Yes | No |
| Introduced | 1987, by CompuServe | 1985, by Microsoft |
| Opens in | Every browser, phone and messaging app | Windows and every browser (as favicon.ico) |
| Best for | Short looping clips and reactions | Website favicons and Windows app icons |
| File extension | .gif | .ico |
No. The GIF to ICO conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
The picture is scaled down: an icon file holds small square copies of it (16, 32, 48 and 256 pixels by default), so anything larger loses detail and a picture that is not square gets empty space around it. Each size is stored without further loss. You can pick the sizes under Options.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the GIF file, press Convert and save the ICO. There is nothing to install.
Pictures of up to 120 megapixels are accepted (for example 12,000 by 10,000 pixels); a larger one is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.