What HEIC to JPG Converter does
iPhones and iPads save photos in the HEIC format by default. It keeps files small, but many websites, application portals and older computers cannot open it. This converter turns HEIC and HEIF photos into JPG or PNG files that work everywhere. Select one photo or several; the conversion runs in your browser.
How to convert HEIC to JPG
- Add one or more .heic or .heif photos.
- Choose JPG or PNG, and the JPG quality.
- Press Convert to JPG.
- Click a picture to download it, or download everything as a ZIP when you converted several.
What is HEIC?
HEIC is Apple's name for photos stored in the High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF). It typically needs about half the space of a JPG of similar quality. Apple has used it as the default camera format for years; some Android phones can save it too. Support outside Apple's own software is still uneven, which is why uploads so often fail.
JPG or PNG?
| Output | File size | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| JPG at 92% (default) | Small | Almost everything: uploads, e-mail, sharing |
| PNG | Several times larger | Further editing where you want no additional loss |
For forms and portals, choose JPG.
Use cases
- Uploading an iPhone photo to a portal that says “only JPG/JPEG allowed”.
- Sending pictures to someone whose computer cannot open HEIC.
- Using iPhone photos in documents, presentations and design tools.
- Preparing photos for the other tools on this site.
Good to know
- The first conversion takes a few seconds while the decoder loads; after that it is quicker.
- Up to 30 photos can be converted in one go. Large batches are faster on a computer than on a phone.
- Camera details and GPS location are not copied into the converted file. If you need to read them, open the original in EXIF Reader.
- For Live Photos and other multi-image files, the main still picture is converted.
If a file fails
- Make sure it really is a HEIC photo. A JPG renamed to .heic is detected and reported; use Image Converter for other formats.
- Some less common HEIC variants are not supported by the decoder. Export the photo as JPG from your phone's share menu instead.
- A file that did not finish downloading or syncing cannot be decoded. Fetch it again.
Make your iPhone save JPG in future
Open Settings, choose Camera, then Formats, and select Most Compatible. New photos are then stored as JPG. Menu wording can vary between iOS versions. The trade-off is larger files.
What next?
- Meet a size limit with Compress Image to KB.
- Set exact dimensions with Image Resizer.
- Combine converted photos into one document with JPG to PDF.
Open-source decoder
HEIC decoding uses the open-source libheif library through the heic-to project, licensed under the LGPL.
Privacy
Your photos are decoded and converted in your browser on your own device. They are not uploaded to our server.
