SVG Optimizer
Compress and optimize your SVG files using SVGO. Remove editor metadata, comments, and redundant data to produce the smallest valid output.
What is SVG Optimization?
SVG files exported from design tools like Figma, Illustrator, or Inkscape often contain significant amounts of unnecessary data - editor metadata, comments, redundant attributes, and verbose path representations that increase file size without affecting visual output. Optimization strips this data while preserving the rendered appearance exactly.
This tool uses SVGO (SVG Optimizer), the industry-standard optimization library, running entirely in your browser. Typical savings range from 20% to 70% depending on how the SVG was originally authored.
What Gets Removed
Editor Metadata
Inkscape, Illustrator, and Figma all embed application-specific namespaces and metadata elements (sodipodi:*, inkscape:*, <metadata>) that are ignored by browsers but add considerable size.
Comments & Doctype
XML comments, DOCTYPE declarations, and XML processing instructions are valid XML but serve no visual purpose in SVG when rendered in browsers. They are safely removed during optimization.
Redundant Attributes
Attributes that match SVG default values (e.g., fill="black", opacity="1") are redundant and can be safely removed without changing the visual output.
Verbose Path Data
Path d attributes often contain redundant precision (e.g., 12.000000 vs 12) and inefficient command sequences. SVGO normalizes and collapses them.
When to Optimize
Before Web Deployment
Optimize all SVG assets before deploying to production. Smaller SVGs load faster, parse more quickly, and reduce bandwidth - especially impactful on icon libraries used across many pages.
After Design Tool Export
Design tools export SVGs with maximum fidelity - keeping all editor data for round-trip editing. Always optimize before using in production code to remove the non-rendering overhead.