HEIC to PNG converter
Turn HEIC photos into lossless PNG files on your own device.
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 PNG
PNG keeps every pixel exactly, so it is the right choice when you want to edit a photo several times or need the best possible copy for design work.
The PNG will be much larger than the HEIC file, because HEIC is very efficient and PNG adds no compression loss. Your photos are converted in your browser and stay on your device.
Some design programs, slide editors and older Windows apps can't open HEIC at all. PNG works in all of them and keeps your photo's full detail. The size in pixels stays the same, and photos taken sideways are turned the right way up.
This page needs a browser that reads HEIC by itself: an up-to-date Safari on an iPhone, iPad or Mac. The HEVC compression inside HEIC is patented, and Apple's devices come with a reader for it. This site ships none, so in most other browsers the page explains that it can't read the photo. Add as many photos as you like in one go; the PNGs arrive together in a ZIP.
Questions and answers
PNG stores every pixel without loss, and photos have millions of them. For sharing, JPG is usually the better choice.
PNG adds no loss of its own, so it keeps exactly what Safari's HEIC reader produced. To the eye, a high-quality JPG is usually indistinguishable.
Reading HEIC means decoding HEVC, a compression method covered by patents. Apple's devices include a reader, which Safari uses. Most other browsers have none yet, and this site doesn't hand one out.
You get the still photo. The short video part of a Live Photo is a separate file and is not included.