Free HEIC to JPG Converter
Convert HEIC photos from an iPhone to JPG without uploading them anywhere. The conversion runs in your browser, so the photo never leaves your device, and you can drop a whole camera roll's worth in at once.
Drop images here
HEIC photos — add as many as you like
Runs entirely in your browser. Your images are never uploaded to a server.
How it works
- Drop your HEIC photos onto the box above, or choose them. A folder full works the same as one.
- The first time, your browser downloads the HEIC decoder, about half a megabyte, and keeps it for next time. The photos themselves go nowhere.
- Each photo is decoded on your own machine and saved as a JPG at the quality you set. Around 85 is indistinguishable from the original for almost any use.
- Download them one at a time, or all together as a ZIP.
Common use cases
- Opening iPhone photos on a Windows PC that shows HEIC files as blank icons.
- Uploading to a form, a job application or a marketplace listing that only takes JPG.
- Sending photos to somebody on an older phone, or by email to someone who cannot open them.
- Getting pictures into Word, PowerPoint or a print shop that refuses HEIC.
- Converting photos you would rather not hand to a website, like documents, IDs or pictures of your kids.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a HEIC file?
- It is the format iPhones have saved photos in by default since 2017. HEIC stands for High Efficiency Image Container, and it stores a photo in roughly half the space a JPG would take at the same quality, which is why Apple switched. The catch is that much of the rest of the world never followed, so a HEIC that looks fine on the phone often will not open anywhere else.
- Is my photo uploaded to convert it?
- No. Your browser downloads the decoder once, about half a megabyte, and then the conversion happens entirely on your own device. The photo is never sent to a server, which you can confirm by opening your browser's network panel while it runs. That is not how most HEIC converters work: the popular ones upload your photo to their servers to do the conversion.
- Why won't HEIC files open on Windows?
- Windows needs two add-ons from the Microsoft Store to read them, HEIF Image Extensions and HEVC Video Extensions, and the second one is not free. Many PCs have neither, so the photos show up as generic icons. Converting to JPG avoids the problem for good, because every program made in the last thirty years opens a JPG.
- Does converting to JPG lose quality?
- A little, and at the default setting not enough to see. JPG is compressed differently from HEIC, so the converted file is re-encoded once and is usually somewhat larger than the original. If you want no loss at all, convert to PNG instead, which is exact but produces much bigger files.
- Why do the colors look slightly less vivid than on my phone?
- iPhones shoot in a wider range of color than most screens and most file formats use. This converter, like most, does not carry that extra range across, so very saturated reds and greens can come out a touch muted next to the Photos app. For everyday photos the difference is hard to spot. Safari is the exception: it has its own HEIC decoder, and when you convert in Safari that one is used instead.
- Does the JPG keep the location and date the photo was taken?
- No, and that cuts both ways. The converted file carries none of the original's hidden details: no GPS location, no camera model, no time stamp. That is a real privacy benefit if you are posting or sending the photo. But if you are archiving pictures and want to keep the date they were taken, keep the original HEIC as well.
- How do I stop my iPhone saving photos as HEIC?
- Open Settings, then Camera, then Formats, and choose Most Compatible. New photos will be saved as JPG from then on. Photos you have already taken stay as HEIC, which is what this converter is for.