HEIC to JPG converter
Turn iPhone photos into JPG files that open everywhere, without uploading them.
or drop them here, or paste them
Nothing is uploaded.
Your browser itself has to read the HEIC photo. An up-to-date Safari on iPhone, iPad or Mac can; most other browsers can't yet.
About HEIC to JPG
iPhones save photos as HEIC to save space. Windows, older Android phones, many websites and printing services can't open them. JPG works everywhere, so converting gives you a photo you can share without surprises. The result is an ordinary JPEG file ending in .jpg; JPG and JPEG mean the same thing.
This converter works in an up-to-date Safari on an iPhone, iPad or Mac. HEIC photos are compressed with HEVC, a video technology covered by patents, and handing out a decoder for it generally needs a licence. Apple's devices have a HEIC reader built in, and Safari uses it. This site ships no reader of its own, so on Windows, Android and Linux most browsers can't read the photos here yet, and the page tells you so.
Your photos never leave your device, which matters for pictures that show faces, homes and places. Drop a whole batch from your camera roll, iCloud or AirDrop at once: each one becomes a JPG and the set downloads together as a ZIP. Photos are turned the right way up, and the quality slider lets you choose a smaller file for messages or a sharper copy for printing.
Camera details such as the location where a photo was taken are not copied into the JPG. That is handy before you share a picture of your home or your children.
Questions and answers
HEIC files are about half the size of JPG at the same quality, so your phone fits more photos.
An up-to-date Safari on an iPhone, iPad or Mac, which reads HEIC itself. Most other browsers can't read HEIC yet. This site doesn't hand out a HEIC reader of its own: handing one out would need a patent licence for the compression inside HEIC. If your browser can't read the photo, the page tells you so.
Open this page in Safari on the iPhone or iPad the photos came from and convert them there. To get JPG photos from the start, set the camera to Settings, Camera, Formats, Most Compatible.
Very little at the default setting. JPG compresses differently from HEIC, so the file is usually larger. Raise the quality slider to keep fine detail.
No. Safari decodes the HEIC photos on your device, and they never leave it. You can check it: once the page has fully loaded, switch off your internet and convert. It still works.