JPG File

What are JPG files and how to open them

Are you having problems opening a JPG file or are you simply curious about its contents? We're here to explain the properties of these files and provide you with software that can open or handle your JPG files.

What is a JPG file?

JPG files have multiple uses, and JPEG Image is one of them. Read more about the other uses further down the page.

JPEG Image

The .jpg file extension is used on compressed image files. The JPG/JPEG format is widely used for photographs and Internet graphics.

JPG files are interchangeably referred to as JPG or JPEG images. JPEG is an acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group, which is the committee that invented the file format.

Many bitmap images are saved in .jpg format in order to reduce the size of the files. JPG is a lossy format, which means that image quality is affected if you compress the image too much. In JPG, the compression level is variable and usually a setting in the software producing the file.

JPG files can be opened by a variety of programs as it is a very common file format.

How to open JPG files

We have identified nine JPG openers that are compatible with this specific type of JPG file.

Programs that open JPEG Image files

Last updated: January 25, 2025

All known file formats using extension .JPG

While JPEG Image is a popular type of JPG-file, we know of 2 different uses of the .JPG file extension. Different software may use files with the same extension for different types of data.

Pegasus JPEG Bitmap

We know that one JPG format is Pegasus JPEG Bitmap. We have not yet analyzed in detail what these files contain and what they are used for. We're working on it.

While we have not verified the apps ourselves yet, our users have suggested ten different JPG openers which you will find listed below.

Various apps that use files with this extension

These apps are known to open certain types of JPG files. Remember, different programs may use JPG files for different purposes, so you may need to try out a few of them to be able to open your specific file.

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