Convert PlayStation & Nintendo icons (ICN) online for free
The converter easily converts your ICN icons to various formats - free and online. No Stardock IconDeveloper or or other Raster Image software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "Icon Image File" file type, you need software like Stardock IconDeveloper or a similar tool.
The .ICN file format is a highly fragmented container primarily used to store icon graphics and system metadata. Depending on the source, an .ICN file might be a browser icon for the Sony PlayStation 2, application metadata for the Nintendo 3DS, an icon library for Stardock IconDeveloper, or even a compressed notes backup for Samsung S Note.
Working with .ICN files is notoriously frustrating because the extension does not guarantee a specific underlying data structure. An .ICN from a PlayStation will not open in the same software as a Samsung note or a Nintendo 3DS homebrew application. Most operating systems natively reject them. You cannot embed them into modern web pages, and traditional image editors like Adobe Photoshop will throw parsing errors because they cannot read the proprietary console metadata attached to the image.
To make these graphics usable outside their native environment, conversion is mandatory. For web design, interface prototyping, or general viewing, convert .ICN to PNG to maintain background transparency and pixel-perfect clarity. If you need the smallest possible file size, convert to WEBP or JPG. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser - our tool automatically analyzes the file's binary signature to determine its true origin and extracts the visual data for you.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your ICN file.
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If you want to convert ICN file to WEBP, CUR or PSB, you can use Stardock IconDeveloper or similar software from the "System and App Icon Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to ICN, try Stardock IconDeveloper or another comparable tool in the "System and App Icon Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ICN converter.