Convert HEIC to JPG
Turn iPhone photos into files that open anywhere - free, private, instant
Turn iPhone photos into files that open anywhere - free, private, instant
Drop in a photo straight off your iPhone and get back a JPG that opens on Windows, Android, any browser, and every piece of software written in the last thirty years. No account, no software to install, no watermark, and nothing kept on our servers. Files up to 16 MB.
Since iOS 11 arrived in 2017, iPhones have saved photos as HEIC by default. The file is a HEIF container, and the picture inside it is compressed using HEVC, the same codec used for 4K video. Apple made the switch for a good reason: HEIC stores roughly the same visual quality in about half the space of a JPG, which meant thousands more photos fitting on the same phone.
The problem is licensing rather than technology. HEVC is patented, and Microsoft licenses it separately from Windows itself. A standard Windows install can read the HEIF wrapper but cannot decode the compressed pixels inside, which is why double-clicking a .heic file gives you a black square, a blank thumbnail, or a flat refusal to open. Installing the free HEIF Image Extensions is only half the fix - you also need the HEVC Video Extensions, which Microsoft charges for in most regions. This has not changed in recent Windows 11 updates.
Converting to JPG sidesteps the whole problem. You stop depending on a codec the receiving computer may not have.
Being straight with you about the trade-offs, because most converter sites are not:
No. Our converter rebuilds the JPG from the image pixels alone and does not copy the EXIF block across, so the GPS coordinates, camera model, serial number and timestamps that your iPhone wrote into the original are not present in the file you download. That is a side effect of how the tool is built rather than a mode you have to switch on.
Your original HEIC on your phone still contains all of it. If you want to see exactly what is hidden in a photo before you share it, run it through the Photo Privacy Cleaner, which lists every tag it strips.
If you convert HEIC photos regularly, fix it at the source. On your iPhone open Settings, tap Camera, tap Formats, and choose Most Compatible. From then on the camera saves JPG directly.
Two things worth knowing. Photos already in your library stay as HEIC, so you will still need to convert those. And you give up the storage saving, so a phone that is already close to full will fill up faster.
HEIF is the container format. HEIC is a HEIF file whose contents were compressed with HEVC,
which is what Apple uses. In everyday use the words are interchangeable, and both
.heic and .heif files work in the converter above.
No. The conversion runs on our server and returns a finished JPG to your browser. There is nothing to download, no extension to buy, and no account to create.
No. Your image is held in memory only for as long as the conversion takes, then discarded. It is never written to disk, logged, or retained. There is no database, so there is nothing to leak.
Not yet - the converter handles one photo at a time. For a handful of images it is quick enough to repeat; for hundreds you would be better off changing the iPhone setting above and re-exporting.
Change the dropdown above before converting, or use the full Image Converter, which handles JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, BMP, TIFF and GIF. If you are not sure which to pick, our image format guide explains each one in plain English.