Title: Webp Conversion question
Last modified: July 6, 2024

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# Webp Conversion question

 *  Resolved [ruinous101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruinous101/)
 * (@ruinous101)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-conversion-question/)
 * Hi,
 * Just a general question. when the photo are converted am I able to delete the
   jpeg (etc) version from media library to save disk space? Or should the original
   be retained?
 * Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-conversion-question/#post-17875944)
 * Hello [@ruinous101](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruinous101/)
 * Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!
 * All images converted with the web converter tool are sent to a third-party server
   maintained by the W3 Total Cache team which reduces resource consumption and 
   allows for a large number of conversions in environments where resources can 
   be limited such as shared hosting. Images sent to the W3TC server for conversion
   are only held temporarily and no permanent information is kept on the server 
   regarding the images.
 * WebP optimizations with the Image Service tool do not replace the original image
   file and all conversions can be reverted without any loss of data.
 * Therefoe, if you delete the original image, the webp will no longer exist as 
   W3TC uses rewrite to serve tose images as webp.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-conversion-question/#post-17875944)
 * Status: resolved