Free online SVG to WMF converter

A legacy Windows application, Microsoft Office workflow, or graphics device may require WMF instead of SVG. Converting the file provides a format that older Windows editing, presentation, and printing software can place or modify.

SVG and WMF are both primarily vector formats, but they use different drawing models and do not preserve every feature identically.

What the SVG format is

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML-based vector format. It stores paths, shapes, text, colors, gradients, clipping paths, and other drawing instructions rather than fixing artwork to a pixel grid. This allows the same drawing to scale from an icon to a large printed graphic without normal vector-scaling loss.

Web browsers display SVG natively. Inkscape, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Affinity Designer, Figma, CAD software, and diagram applications can create or export it. SVG is common for website graphics, logos, icons, maps, technical diagrams, and illustrations. An SVG can also contain CSS, scripting, animation, and other features that are not part of a basic static vector drawing.

What the WMF format is

WMF (Windows Metafile) stores drawing records for the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI). Records can describe lines, curves, filled shapes, text, and some raster-image operations. It is mainly found in older Windows applications, Microsoft Office documents, legacy publishing systems, and Windows printing workflows.

WMF can keep simple line art editable as vector objects and can be relatively small when a drawing uses basic paths and solid fills. Its main practical advantage is compatibility with software that predates dependable SVG support. EMF is generally a better Windows metafile choice when the destination application supports it because EMF is newer and handles more GDI features.

WMF is not a complete representation of SVG. Its older Windows-oriented drawing model has no direct equivalent for many SVG filters, blend modes, masks, gradients, markers, and transparency effects.

How to convert SVG to WMF

Using LibreOffice Draw

1. Install LibreOffice and open LibreOffice Draw.
2. Choose File → Open and select the source .svg file.
3. Check the imported drawing, page dimensions, and whitespace. Set the page or drawing size to the dimensions required by the destination application.
4. Choose File → Export, select WMF - Windows Metafile (.wmf) as the file type, specify the output filename, and confirm the export.
5. Open the resulting .wmf in the target Windows program. Check text, colors, line widths, object positions, and physical page dimensions before using it in a document or for printing.

LibreOffice Draw provides a desktop conversion path without uploading the artwork. Keep the original SVG unchanged because importing and re-exporting can alter unsupported objects.

Using the built-in converter

You can convert the file for free on 101convert.com without installing software: upload the SVG, choose WMF as the output format, start the conversion, and download the resulting file. Use desktop software instead when the artwork is confidential or must remain on a controlled system.

Quality and compatibility limitations

Conversion is not always lossless. Transparency, blend modes, filters, masks, patterned fills, marker definitions, mesh gradients, complex clipping, animation, scripts, and CSS-dependent styling may be simplified, rasterized, omitted, or rendered differently in WMF.

Text can be substituted if the required font is unavailable to the converter or destination program. Converting text to outlines preserves its shape more reliably, but removes ordinary text editing and may increase the file size. Verify font licensing before embedding or distributing font data.

Very thin strokes may disappear, line joins and caps may change, and SVG dimensions expressed through CSS pixels, physical units, or a viewBox may produce unexpected physical sizes. Set the SVG page size explicitly, then inspect the WMF at 100% and at the intended print size.

WMF is most reliable for logos and diagrams made from basic paths, solid fills, and simple text. Keep the SVG as the archival master because it retains more editable structure, styling, and visual effects than the WMF copy.