HEIC to JPG converter: iPhone photos, no upload
Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG or PNG in your browser, several at once, with the JPG quality you choose. The GPS location is removed. Photos aren't uploaded.
Runs on your deviceRuns entirely in your browser: nothing you type or upload leaves your device.
How to use it
- Drop one or more HEIC photos, or click to choose them.
- Pick JPG or PNG and, for JPG, the quality. Each photo is converted on your device, one at a time.
- Compare the sizes and download each photo, or all of them at once.
Where HEIC files come from, and where they get stuck
iPhones save photos as HEIC by default. It is a good format: similar quality in about half the space of a JPG. The problem starts when the photo leaves the phone: copied by cable to a Windows computer, downloaded from iCloud, or sent as a file. Then a job portal, a government form or an older program says the format isn't allowed, or shows nothing at all.
This page turns those photos into ordinary JPG (or PNG) files that open anywhere, without installing anything.
Example: why the JPG weighs more than the HEIC
You convert IMG_4521.HEIC, a 1.8 MB photo, with JPG at 92%. The row shows IMG_4521.jpg and 4032×3024 · 1.8 MB → 3.2 MB. Nothing went wrong: JPG simply needs more space than HEIC for the same picture, and the pixels are the same 4032×3024.
If a form limits the weight to, say, 500 KB, lowering the quality here helps only a little: a 12-megapixel photo won't get that small. Pass the JPG through the image compressor, which can aim for a maximum size, or shrink it with the image resizer. If a file holds several images, like a burst, the row says so and the main photo is the one converted.
What doesn't come along
Only the still photo is converted. The short video of a Live Photo, the depth data of portrait mode and the rest of a burst are left out. The EXIF data is removed too: no GPS location, no camera model, and no date taken, so your gallery may sort the copy by the day you converted it.
The decoder runs on your device, one photo at a time. Very large photos can be too much for a phone's browser; if one fails, try again on a computer. Files that are really AVIF or another HEIF variant can't be read here, and a file named .heic that is actually a JPEG is detected: the row says there is nothing to convert.
FAQ
Why is the first photo slower?
The first time, the page downloads the HEIC decoder from this site, about 2 MB; after that it is in your browser. Then each photo takes around a second to decode, and the page may pause briefly while it does. Your photos are not part of that download: they stay on your device.
Does converting HEIC to JPG lose quality?
JPG is a lossy format, but at the default 92% quality the difference isn't visible. The JPG is often larger than the HEIC, because HEIC compresses better. If you want no loss at all, choose PNG: it's lossless but much bigger.
What happens to the location and other photo data?
It's removed. The converted file has no EXIF metadata: no GPS location, camera model or date taken. That's safer for sharing, but photo apps may sort the copy by the day you downloaded it.
Why can't Windows or some websites open HEIC?
HEIC uses HEVC compression, which needs a licensed codec. Windows needs an extra extension to open it, and many websites and apps only accept JPG or PNG. Converting to JPG makes the photo open everywhere.
How do I make my iPhone save photos as JPG?
Go to Settings, Camera, Formats and choose Most Compatible: new photos are saved as JPG, at the cost of more space. To get JPGs only when you copy photos to a computer, go to Settings, Photos, and under Transfer to Mac or PC choose Automatic.
Guides for this tool
- G15How to compress a photo to 100 KB for an online formGet a phone photo or document scan under 100, 200 or 500 KB for a job, university or government form, keep text readable, and handle iPhone HEIC photos.
More in this chapter
- 3.2Compress imagesShrink JPEG, PNG and WebP images by quality, dimensions or a maximum size in KB, several at once.
- 3.3Remove EXIF & GPSSee and remove hidden photo metadata (GPS location, camera, date) before you share.
- 3.4Resize imagesResize images by pixels or percentage, or change the aspect ratio (1:1, 4:5, 9:16…) by cropping or adding borders.
- 3.5Convert imagesConvert images to PNG, JPG or WebP in your browser, several at once.
- 3.6EPS to PNG or JPGTurn an EPS file, like a logo from a designer or print shop, into a PNG with a transparent background or a JPG at 150, 300 or 600 dpi.
- 3.7SVG to PNGConvert SVG files to PNG with a transparent background, or to JPG.
- 3.8Image to Base64Turn an image into a Base64 data URL, plain Base64, an HTML <img> tag and a CSS background line, ready to paste.
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