HEIC to JPG Converter

Use this page when a photo from an Apple device will not open on a Windows PC, in a web form or in an older program. The whole job takes a few clicks.

1. Drag your .heic or .heif files onto the box, paste them, or click the box to choose them. You can add several at once. The file picker lists only HEIC and HEIF files, and a dropped file of another type is skipped with a message.
2. Set Convert to to JPG or PNG. JPG gives small files that suit sharing and uploads. PNG gives larger lossless files.
3. For JPG output, move the JPG quality slider between 50 and 100. The starting value is 90. The slider is ignored when you choose PNG.
4. Press Convert HEIC. The first conversion on this page downloads the decoder, which is about 1.3 MB, and your browser keeps it for next time. A progress note shows which photo is being converted.
5. Check the size shown under each result, then download the files one by one or press Download all.

HEIC is the format iPhones and iPads use by default. It stores a photo in less space than a JPG of similar looks, which is why Apple chose it, but many Windows apps, websites, forms and older programs do not recognize it. JPG and PNG, by contrast, open almost everywhere, so converting is usually the quickest way to make a photo usable.

This tool decodes the file with a library called heic2any, which is the libheif decoder compiled to WebAssembly so that it can run inside a web page. It loads only on this page, and only when you first convert something. After decoding, the browser redraws the picture and saves it again as JPG or PNG. Because the picture is redrawn, metadata such as the GPS location is not copied into the new file, and each result note says so. If you want to remove that information from pictures that are already JPG, the EXIF remover does just that.

Each output keeps the original name with a new extension, so IMG_2041.heic becomes IMG_2041.jpg. A HEIC file can hold more than one image, for example a burst or a live photo. In that case the tool writes one file per image and adds -1, -2 and so on to the name.

JPG is lossy: it saves space by discarding detail the eye rarely misses. PNG is lossless, so the converted picture keeps every pixel of the decoded image, and the file is often several times larger. A rough guide:

Here is a hypothetical example. You select 12 photos and a portal accepts only files under 2 MB each. Convert at quality 90 first and read the size in each result note. If a file is still above the limit, lower the slider to 80 and convert again, or run the results through the image compressor. If you only want a PNG, the HEIC to PNG page starts with that option set. To switch between ordinary formats such as WebP and PNG, use the image converter.

To put photos into a single document, the HEIC to PDF page builds one file with a photo on each page, and JPG to PDF does the same for pictures you already have as JPG.

Know these points before you convert a large batch:

• A very large photo takes several seconds on a phone and uses a lot of memory. If the browser slows down, convert fewer files at a time.
• HEIC files with unusual features, such as some depth maps, HDR gain maps or 10-bit color, come out as an ordinary 8-bit picture. The image looks right, but the extra data is gone.
• Color profile handling follows the browser, so colors can differ slightly from the original on some screens.
• Animated or video parts, including the motion of a live photo, are not converted. You get a still picture.
• A corrupted file, or a file of another type renamed to .heic, shows an error that names the file, and the batch stops there, so remove that file and convert again.

If you would rather not convert photos in future, an iPhone has a setting for this. Open Settings, then Camera, then Formats, and choose Most Compatible. New photos are then saved as JPG instead of HEIC, although they usually take more storage space. Photos you have already taken stay as they are, so the converter is still useful for them.

Everything happens on your device. The decoder is downloaded once, but your photos are never sent anywhere.