There are two different conversion sites that give a pretty much perfect result, Vector Magic and vectorizer.io, but both require a subscription or payment per use. I have not successfully convinced my employer to go for one yet. Source: over 1 year ago

I forgot to mention I have some leftover vectorizer.io credits so if you do get the original image send it to me and I'll vectorize it for you for free. Source: over 1 year ago

You could install the optimizer Inkscape uses internally and process your files with a super simple shell script. When reading the inkscape command line help, it does not seem to offer any option to export optimized SVGs from there. Source: 12 months ago

Inkscape uses Scour under the hood for optimized SVG export. Source: about 1 year ago

First make sure all your icons are saved as 'Optimized SVG' to remove Inkscape specific data and unnecessary id-attributes. Inkscape uses 'Scour' for this under the hood, so you can just use that directly to convert your files from the command line. I recommend the options --strip-xml-prolog --remove-metadata --enable-id-stripping --renderer-workaround. Now you only need to replace the outermost ... With ... For... Source: almost 2 years ago

The script optimised the SVG using Scour. This removes some metadata and also shortens IDs as well as strip out comments. For the PNG files we used OptiPNG on the maximum optimisation setting. This can be slow on larger files, but for favicons should not take long. Here’s the before and after comparison of files sizes for a particular favicon, using the script:. - Source: dev.to / about 2 years ago

I also recommend Inkscape, it also has scour built-in to it. When saving a SVG select the option "optimized SVG" which will give you options to pass to scour to lower the amount of markup there is. You can then do some hand editing after this to further remove any markup you don't want. Source: over 2 years ago