How to Optimize SVG Files

SVGs exported from design tools are often 2–5× bigger than they need to be — full of editor metadata, hidden layers and excessive decimal precision.

What to strip

• Editor metadata and comments.
• Hidden or empty elements.
• Excessive coordinate precision (3–4 decimals is plenty).
• Unnecessary <defs> and unused IDs.

The easy way

Tools like SVGO (and its web UI, SVGOMG) do all of this automatically — often cutting 50%+ with no visual change.

When you'd rasterize instead

If a tool can't accept SVG, convert it to a pixel format — see SVG to PNG/JPG and SVG vs raster. For logos, SVG is still the best format.