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HEIC to JPG
Turn iPhone photos into JPG or PNG.
Free. Runs in your browser: nothing you enter or open is uploaded.
Checking whether your browser can open HEIC photos...
Your browser cannot open HEIC. Here is how to get a JPG anyway
- On the iPhone, for future photos: Settings, Camera, Formats, then choose Most Compatible. New photos are saved as JPG.
- On the iPhone, for existing photos: select them in Photos, tap Share, then Save to Files. Or AirDrop or email them to yourself: iOS usually sends JPG when the receiver needs it.
- Transfer to Windows: Settings, Photos, then under Transfer to Mac or PC choose Automatic. iOS converts to JPG as it copies.
- On a Mac: open the photo in Preview, choose File, Export, and pick JPEG. Or open this page in Safari, which can convert here.
- On Windows: install the free HEIF Image Extensions from the Microsoft Store, then open the photo in Photos and use Save as.
HEIC is the format iPhones use for photos. This page converts them with your browser's own image decoder, so nothing is uploaded. Safari on Mac, iPhone and iPad can decode HEIC; Chrome, Edge and Firefox on most computers cannot, and the decoders that could be added to a web page carry a licence we cannot use, so on those browsers the page tells you how to export JPG instead. Converting also removes the photo's metadata, including its location.
How to use it
- Check the box at the top: it says whether your browser can open HEIC photos.
- Drop one or more HEIC photos and choose JPG or PNG, and the quality for JPG.
- Download each photo, or all of them as one ZIP file.
Questions
Why does it work in Safari but not in Chrome?
HEIC images are compressed with HEVC, a video codec covered by patents. Apple builds a decoder into Safari, but Chrome and Firefox do not include one for images, and the open source decoders that a page could load are under licences we do not use. So the conversion here relies on the browser itself.
Will I lose quality?
A tiny amount at quality 90, which most people cannot see. Choose quality 100 or PNG to keep as much detail as possible, at the cost of a larger file.
Is the location removed?
Yes. The photo is redrawn and saved as a new file, so the metadata from the camera, including GPS position, date and phone model, is not copied across.
What about Live Photos and photo bursts?
The still image is converted. The short video of a Live Photo is a separate file on the phone and is not part of the HEIC.