Convert iPhone HEIC/HEIF photos to JPG instantly — free, private & browser-based.
Supports .heic and .heif files from iPhone & iPad · Batch conversion supported
Drop your HEIC files or click to browse. Batch upload supported.
Choose quality and click Convert. Everything happens in your browser.
Download your JPG files individually or all at once.
If you've gotten a photo from an iPhone user that just won't open on your computer, you've met HEIC. Since iOS 11 (2017), iPhones default to saving photos in HEIC format — Apple's variant of the HEIF standard. HEIC files are roughly half the size of JPGs at the same visual quality, which is why Apple adopted them. Storage savings on a phone with thousands of photos add up fast.
The problem: outside the Apple ecosystem, HEIC support is patchy. Windows can open them only if you install a paid codec or a third-party viewer. Many email providers, websites, content management systems, photo printing services, and older software refuse to handle HEIC at all. So even though the format is technically superior, sending HEIC files to anyone not on a recent iPhone or Mac often means they can't actually see your photos.
Converting to JPG fixes that. JPG is universally supported — every operating system, every browser, every social network, every photo printer. The file is slightly larger than HEIC, but for sharing, uploading, and printing, the compatibility is worth far more than the storage savings.
Drag and drop your HEIC files into the upload area, or click to browse and pick them. You can drop multiple files at once — there's no fixed limit. Files from any iPhone or iPad work, regardless of how recent or old the device.
The default 92% quality setting produces JPGs that look indistinguishable from the original to the human eye, with a sensible file size. For maximum quality (near-lossless), set it to 100%. For the smallest files (good for emailing many photos), try 75–85%.
Hit convert. Each file gets a JPG version you can download individually, or grab all of them as a ZIP. Conversion runs entirely in your browser — your photos never get uploaded to our servers.
Your photos stay private. The conversion happens in your browser, so nothing is uploaded to a server. Many free HEIC converters quietly upload your photos to their own servers, where they sit in logs and caches you have no control over. For personal photos especially — kids, family, travel, anything you wouldn't post publicly — that should matter.
No watermarks, no signup, no daily file limit. Convert one photo or two thousand. The tool is the same.
Batch conversion in one go. Drop a folder's worth of HEIC files at once, get a ZIP of JPGs out. No clicking through 50 files one at a time.
Works on any device. Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook, Android, even an iPad. As long as you have a modern browser, you're set.
JPG isn't strictly better — it's just more compatible. If you're staying in the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, Mac, iPad), HEIC's smaller file size and slightly better quality at lower bitrates is genuinely valuable. Specifically, keep HEIC when:
If any of your photos will leave the Apple ecosystem — shared, uploaded, printed, emailed — convert to JPG.
Both HEIC and JPG are lossy compression formats, meaning they discard some data to save space. Converting between them does involve a small amount of additional quality loss, but at our default 92% quality setting, it's imperceptible. You can test this yourself: convert a HEIC photo, open both the original and the converted version side-by-side, and try to spot differences. Most people can't.
If you want truly lossless conversion, set the quality slider to 100%. The file will be larger (sometimes close to PNG-size), but no visible quality is lost.
HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is Apple's default photo format since iOS 11. It uses the HEIF standard to compress images 50% more efficiently than JPEG while maintaining higher quality. However, HEIC has limited compatibility outside the Apple ecosystem.
No. The entire conversion process runs locally in your web browser using JavaScript. Your photos never leave your device, ensuring complete privacy.
At the default 92% quality setting, the difference is imperceptible to the human eye. You can increase quality to 100% for a near-lossless conversion.
There is no limit. You can drop as many HEIC files as you want and convert them all in one batch.
Windows 10 and 11 can open HEIC, but only if you install the HEIF and HEVC codecs from the Microsoft Store. The HEVC codec is paid (about $1). Most people find it easier to just convert HEIC to JPG once, which is exactly what this tool does.
JPG is the standard target because of universal compatibility. If you specifically need PNG (for transparency support) or WebP (for the web), let us know — we could add output format options.
By default, yes — the EXIF metadata from your HEIC file (date, time, camera info, sometimes GPS) is preserved in the resulting JPG. If you want to strip EXIF for privacy before sharing, use our EXIF Remover tool after conversion.
On iPhone: Settings → Camera → Formats → choose Most Compatible (this switches to JPG) instead of High Efficiency (HEIC). You'll use more storage but never need to convert again.
Very old HEIC files using non-standard color profiles, or live photos saved as HEIC sequences, occasionally produce odd results. If a specific file fails, try uploading the original from your iPhone rather than a copy that has been through other software.