# Missing PNG to JPEG settings

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-png-to-jpeg-settings/395964
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** uploads
**Created:** [February 12, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-png-to-jpeg-settings/395964 "2026-02-12T22:14:10Z")
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### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-png-to-jpeg-settings/395964/7 "2026-05-17T22:30:56Z")

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> [@nathank](#):
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> It hamstrings using Discourse as a repository of .png files, and means reverting to email / Google Drive / some other platform for the pedestrian task of sharing images with a transparent background.

On mucking about with it, I see that only .png files without transparency are converted to .jpg - now that makes more sense!!!

So maybe this is actually pretty sweet and I’ll turn that setting back on.

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