Does my SVG leave my computer?

Not to view it. The viewer reads and draws it in this page. A file is sent only when you press Clean or redraw this file, or convert the picture inside it.

Can I edit an SVG here?

The viewer shows a file as it is. To change an SVG's colors, or a logo's, our guides show how; to clean a file or redraw a trace, press Clean or redraw this file once yours is open.

Why does my SVG look different in another app?

Apps read SVG differently. A design app may skip a stylesheet, a font it lacks or a piece of web page inside; a cutting app wants closed shapes and no pictures. The check names each of these in your file.

Why can't I open an SVG file?

Your computer may have no app set for it: drag the file into a browser window. If it still fails, drop it here, and the check says what is wrong with it and on which line.

How do I open an SVG file on my computer?

Drag it into any browser window. Windows shows SVG previews in File Explorer with Microsoft's PowerToys; on a Mac, Quick Look and Preview show one.

Why is my SVG file so big?

Usually its anchor points, each written as numbers: a trace holds thousands. A picture saved inside adds every one of its pixels. The check counts both.

How do I see the code of an SVG?

Open it here: its code is under the check, each line a check points at marked. Any text editor opens it too, since an SVG is plain text.

SVG viewer · free, in your browser

Open any SVG. See every point.

Drop an SVG or paste its code. Zoom in as close as you like and see its anchor points, shapes, colors and code, and whether it is real shapes or a picture saved as an SVG.

Drop an SVG here

A .svg file or its code · read in your browser

or paste its code with ⌘CommandV

No SVG at hand? Open one of ours

Drawn

Traced

Picture inside

Your file is read in your browser
Scripts in a file never run here

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Anchor points

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File size

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An SVG viewer opens an .svg file and draws it. This one runs in your browser: drop a file or paste its code, zoom in as close as you like, and see what the file is made of, its anchor points, shapes, colors, size and code. It also checks what most viewers skip: whether the file is real shapes, a trace with thousands of points, or a picture saved as an SVG, and whether it holds a script. Nothing is uploaded unless you ask.

Updated Nov 6, 20263 sources ↓

Your file, checked

Drawn as shapes

Every line here is read from the file's own code, in your browser. Its code is under the check, each line a check points at marked.

Viewing one

How do I view an SVG file online?

Drop it on this page or paste its code. It is drawn as an image in your browser: zoom in as close as you like, switch to its anchor points, and lay it on white, black or a see-through grid.

Drop the .svg file on the viewer, choose it, or paste its code with ⌘ V anywhere on the page.
Zoom with + and −, a pinch, or ⌘ and the wheel; double-click to go twice as close.
Press Points to see every anchor point; the check under the viewer reads the rest of the file.

Three files

How do I check an SVG file?

Look at what it is made of: shapes or a picture, how many anchor points, whether it scales, and whether it holds a script. The three files below look like the same mark; up close, they are three kinds of file.

The same coffee mark three ways: VecSnap's drawing, potrace's trace of the same picture, and the picture saved as an SVG. Open any of them in the viewer above.

Traced from pixels

potrace

831anchor points in the whole file

A picture inside

Original

900 pxthe PNG as uploaded, its own pixels

Drawn as shapes

VecSnap

35anchor points in the whole file

A picture inside

Why is my SVG blurry, or a black box in Cricut?

Because it holds a picture where its shapes should be. Some apps save as SVG by wrapping the pixels in an image element: enlarged, they blur, and a cutting machine finds no shape to cut. Take the picture out and draw it as shapes.

Drop the picture. Get its SVG.

Open the SVG in the viewer above: the check finds the picture inside.
Press Convert the picture inside beside your file, or drop the original picture here.
VecSnap draws it again as shapes, every anchor point shown before you keep it.

Drop an image here

PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, TIFF or SVG · Up to 10 MB

or paste it with ⌘CommandV

It is free, and your first 3 downloads are on us.

Safe to open

Is it safe to open an SVG file?

An SVG is code, and it can hold a script: SVG attachments became a common phishing trick in 2025. Opened here, a file is drawn as an image, which browsers never let run a script or load another file, and the check names any script it holds.

From an email you did not expect, open it here or in a text editor, and never by double-clicking it.

invoice.svg0.24 KB · 5 lines

1<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 600 400">2<rect width="600" height="400" fill="#ffffff"/>3<script>location.href = atob("aHR0cHM6Ly9leGFtcGxlLmNvbQ==")</script>4<text x="40" y="80" font-family="Arial">Invoice</text>5</svg>

Holds a scriptOpened as a page, it would run. Here it is drawn as an image, which runs nothing. · line 3

A sample we wrote, checked by the viewer

Questions

SVG viewer, answered.

Sources

SVG Integration: secure static modeW3C, read Oct 27, 2026
File Explorer add-ons utility for WindowsMicrosoft Learn, read Oct 27, 2026
Email security: increased attacks with SVGheise online, read Oct 27, 2026

For a quick look, any browser. To see what a file is made of, open it here: every anchor point, its shapes, colors and code, and whether it is real shapes or a picture saved as an SVG. Viewing it uploads nothing.