HEIC to JPG
HEIC is the format an iPhone saves photos in by default, and almost nothing outside Apple's own software will open it. This tool converts HEIC and HEIF files to JPG, PNG or WebP in your browser, at full resolution, without uploading the photo anywhere.
Your photo stays on your device.
On Safari the system decoder handles the file directly. On other browsers the page downloads a WebAssembly decoder once and runs it here. Either way the photo itself is not sent to a server.
Learn how files are processed →- Input
- HEIC · HEIF · HIF
- Output
- JPG, PNG or WebP
- Resolution
- Unchanged
- Processing
- System decoder, or libheif in your browser
How to use HEIC to JPG
- 01Upload
Add your HEIC file
Drop in a .heic or .heif photo from your phone or camera.
- 02Customize
Pick a format
JPG opens everywhere. PNG keeps transparency. WebP is smaller at the same quality.
- 03Process
Convert and save
Download the converted image at its original dimensions.
What is HEIC to JPG?
HEIC is Apple's name for an image stored in the HEIF container, using HEVC compression. Since iOS 11 it has been the default for the iPhone camera, because it stores a photo at roughly half the size of an equivalent JPG with no visible loss.
The saving is real, and so is the problem: HEVC is patent-encumbered, so most non-Apple software never added support. Windows asks for a paid codec, many web upload forms reject the file, and a photo emailed to a colleague on a PC often simply will not open.
Converting to JPG trades the file-size advantage for the ability to open the photo anywhere — which is usually the right trade for a file you are about to send to someone else.
Supported formats
- JPG
- PNG
- WebP
- GIF
- BMP
- Maximum file size —
- bounded by your device's memory
- Processed by —
- your browser's Canvas engine
Limitations
Worth knowing before you start, rather than after.
- A HEIC file that holds a burst or a Live Photo converts only its main image.
- HEIC stores more shades per colour than JPG. Converting to JPG discards that extra range, which can show as banding in a smooth sky.
What you give up when you convert
A HEIC file is usually about half the size of the JPG you would get from the same photo at the same visible quality. That is not marketing: HEVC is a much newer compression design than JPEG, which dates from 1992, and it genuinely encodes detail more efficiently. Converting to JPG will roughly double the file size.
The less obvious loss is colour depth. HEIC commonly stores 10 bits per colour channel; JPG stores 8. That is 1,024 shades per channel against 256. In most photographs you will never see the difference, but in a large area of smooth gradient — a clear sky at dusk, a studio backdrop — the reduced range can show up as faint bands of flat colour where there should be a smooth transition.
If that matters for a particular image, convert to PNG instead. PNG is lossless and will not add compression artefacts, though it also stores 8 bits per channel in the usual case, so it fixes the artefacts rather than the banding.
The third thing worth knowing is that a HEIC file can hold more than one image. Burst shots and the still frame of a Live Photo live in the same container. A converter produces the primary image — the one you see in Photos — and the rest are not carried over.
Your file, and what the page does
Your file is never uploaded. HEIC to JPG reads it into this browser tab and processes it with your browser's own Canvas engine on your own device. There is no upload endpoint in the application and no copy on any server — closing the tab discards it.
Because the result is rebuilt from pixels, the source file's EXIF metadata does not survive into it. Camera model, timestamp and any GPS coordinates recorded by your phone are simply not present in the output — a side effect of how canvas encoding works, and a useful one before posting a photo publicly.
What the page does send or fetch
- Ads on the page
- The site is funded by advertising, so the page loads Google AdSense. That carries the usual web basics — IP address, browser, referring page — as on any ad-supported site.
- An anonymous usage counter
- When HEIC to JPG finishes we record that the tool ran, whether it succeeded and how long it took. No file data, no identifier, no cookie.
Your file is not on that list. How this works.
Frequently asked questions
HEIC is well supported on iPhone, iPad and modern Macs, and poorly supported almost everywhere else. Windows needs a paid codec from the Microsoft Store for full support, and many websites and messaging apps reject the format outright.
A little, in two ways. JPG is lossy, so re-encoding adds some compression loss — keep the quality high to make it negligible. HEIC also stores more shades per colour channel than JPG, and that extra range is discarded, which occasionally shows as faint banding in a smooth gradient like a sky.
Yes. PNG is lossless, so it avoids compression loss entirely, but the files are usually several times larger than the equivalent JPG.
A Live Photo's still image converts normally. The short video that accompanies it is stored separately and is not part of the HEIC file, so it isn't included.
No. The decoding happens in this tab. On Safari the system decoder does the work; on other browsers the page downloads a decoder and runs it locally. The photo itself is not sent anywhere either way.
Chrome and Firefox cannot decode HEIC, so the page fetches a WebAssembly build of libheif — about 3 MB — the first time you convert. It is cached afterwards. Safari usually skips this because macOS and iOS can decode HEIC themselves.
Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible makes the camera save JPG instead. You lose some file-size efficiency, and it only affects photos taken after the change.
Yes — HEIC to JPG is completely free. There's no account, sign-up, watermark or limit.
No. It runs in any modern browser — Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Brave — with nothing to download or install.
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