Convert HEIC to JPG
Your files are processed on your device. We never upload them.
HEIC photos are decoded with libheif, under the GNU LGPL.
How to convert HEIC to JPG
- 01A ▸Choose your HEIC photos, or drop them on the page. Several at once is fine.
- 02A ▸Pick a quality, and whether to keep the date and camera details.
- 03A ▸Select Convert to JPG, then download each photo, or all of them as a zip.
About HEIC to JPG
Where HEIC files come from
iPhones have saved photos as HEIC since iOS 11, and many Android phones can too. Windows needs a paid extension to open them, most websites reject them, and many photo printers and older apps don't know the format. JPG opens everywhere.
What changes
- The picture is turned upright for good, so apps that ignore orientation still show it the right way up.
- HEIC can hold wider colour (Display P3) and HDR. The JPG is standard colour (sRGB), so very saturated reds and greens may look slightly softer.
- The date, camera, and lens details are copied into the JPG. The GPS location is removed unless you choose to keep it. Other extras, such as Live Photo video and depth maps, are not carried over.
- The JPG is usually larger than the HEIC, because JPG compresses less efficiently.
Measured
Our 12-megapixel sample photo (4032 by 3024 pixels, the size an iPhone takes), converted at the High setting in Chrome on a laptop. Phone timings are still to be measured.
| HEIC file | 1.5 MB |
|---|---|
| JPG file | 1.7 MB |
| Time in Chrome (laptop) | 0.9 seconds, including loading the decoder |
In your browser
Safari on Mac, iPhone, and iPad (version 17 and later) decodes HEIC itself, so nothing extra is downloaded. Chrome, Edge, and Firefox can't, so the first conversion downloads a 0.5 MB decoder (libheif); later conversions reuse it from the browser's cache.
Limits
- Photos from 48-megapixel iPhone cameras are larger than an iPhone's browser can draw at once. On a phone that can't hold one, it is saved at about 16 megapixels instead, and the result says so. Computers keep the full size.
- Burst photos and other HEIF files with several pictures give only the main picture.
Other options
- Compress image: make the JPGs smaller for email or upload forms.
- Resize image: make them smaller in pixels, for example 1200 wide.
- Image to PDF on Open PDF Toolkit: put HEIC photos straight into one PDF.
Questions
Does converting HEIC to JPG lose quality?
Very little at the High or Best setting. JPG and HEIC both compress the photo, so the JPG is a new copy rather than an exact one, but the difference is hard to see. The JPG file is usually larger than the HEIC.
Are my photos uploaded?
No. Your files are processed on your device. We never upload them.
Why are my iPhone photos HEIC?
iPhones save photos as HEIC by default because the files are about half the size of JPG. Many Windows apps, websites, and older programs can't open HEIC, which is why converting to JPG helps.
Will my photos stay the right way up?
Yes. HEIC photos record how the phone was held. The converter turns the picture upright, so the JPG looks right in every app.
What happens to the photo's location?
By default the JPG keeps the date and camera details but not the GPS location, so sharing it doesn't reveal where it was taken. You can keep the location by unticking Remove the location, or drop all details by unticking the first box.
Can I convert many photos at once?
Yes. Choose or drop as many as you like. Computers convert several at a time; phones convert one at a time to save memory. Download them all as one zip.
Is there a file size or daily limit?
No daily limit and no watermark. The only limit is your device's memory. Very large photos may be reduced to fit on phones, and the result says so.