HEIC to JPG Converter

Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG in your browser.

HEIC is the format iPhones and iPads save photos in when the camera is set to High Efficiency. It keeps photos small, but many Windows PCs, websites and older apps can't open it. This converter turns HEIC photos into JPG, which opens almost everywhere. Choose one photo or a whole batch, set the quality, and download them one at a time or together as a ZIP. Files are converted in your browser and never uploaded, so photos and documents stay on your device. Safari can read HEIC on its own; in Chrome, Edge and Firefox the converter downloads an open-source HEIC decoder (libheif, about 3 MB) the first time you use it.

Select one or many. Converted in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

Quality92%

JPG has no transparency.

HEIC photos are decoded with libheif via heic-to, open-source libraries under the LGPL-3.0 licence, downloaded (about 3 MB) only when needed.

Common use cases

  • Open iPhone photos on a Windows PC that can't show HEIC
  • Upload photos to a website or form that only accepts JPG
  • Email or message photos to people whose devices can't open HEIC
  • Convert a whole folder of iPhone photos at once

How to use

  1. Choose one or more HEIC or HEIF photos, or drag them onto the box.
  2. Set the JPG quality: 90% looks the same as the original for nearly all photos.
  3. Wait a moment while each photo is decoded and converted.
  4. Download each JPG, or all of them as a ZIP.

FAQ

What is a HEIC file?

HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is Apple's name for HEIF images compressed with HEVC, the same compression used for high-efficiency video. iPhones have used it for photos since iOS 11 when the camera format is set to High Efficiency. It stores a photo in roughly half the space of a JPG of similar quality.

Will converting to JPG lose quality?

JPG is a lossy format, so a little detail is always given up, but at 90% quality the difference isn't visible in normal viewing. The JPG will usually be larger than the HEIC, because JPG compression is less efficient.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. Decoding and converting happen on your own device in the browser. Nothing is sent to a server, and the converter keeps working offline once the decoder has downloaded.

How do I stop my iPhone taking HEIC photos?

In Settings, go to Camera, then Formats, and choose Most Compatible. New photos are then saved as JPG. Photos you've already taken stay as HEIC.

Does it keep the photo the right way up?

Yes. The rotation stored in the HEIC file is applied, so portrait photos come out upright.

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