HEIC to JPG: convert iPhone photos on your device

Which format should I choose?

JPG opens on every phone, computer and website, and the files are smaller. Pick it for sharing, email and upload forms. Transparent parts of PNG and WebP pictures become white.

PNG keeps transparent parts, but the files are much bigger. Pick it for logos, stickers and screenshots.

When every photo you add is HEIC, they turn into JPGs straight away. If you mix types, you choose first and then tap Convert. Changing the format afterwards never converts again on its own: you get a Convert again button. Pictures that are already JPG are saved again as a copy without location and camera data (named like IMG_1904-no-location.jpg). If every picture is already a JPG, the button says Save copy.

Got HEIC photos on Windows or Android?

iPhones save photos as HEIC (also called HEIF) because it takes less space. Windows PCs and Android phones often cannot open these files without extra software, and many websites refuse them.

This page opens them in your browser. If your browser can read HEIC itself, nothing extra is needed. Other browsers, such as Chrome, download a small HEIC reader from this site once (about 0.7 MB). After your first conversion it is kept in your browser, so the page also works offline.

Other free options (we have not tried these ourselves): on an iPhone, Settings > Camera > Formats > Most Compatible makes new photos JPG from the start. On a Mac, Preview can save a copy as JPG (File > Export). On Windows, the Photos app opens HEIC once the HEIF and HEVC extensions from the Microsoft Store are installed.

What we tested

We tested this page on 2026-10-27 in Chromium (the engine behind Chrome and Edge) on a Linux computer, with our own test photos. We have not tested it on an Android phone or a Windows PC. On an iPhone we only saw that Safari's photo picker can hand over a JPG instead of the HEIC. We did not measure speed or memory there.

A small 640 × 480 HEIC photo (5 KB) became a 28 KB JPG of the same size. Three of them converted in under a second, including the HEIC reader download.

A 12-megapixel HEIC (4032 × 3024, 2.2 MB) became a 7.5 MB JPG of the same size in under 5 seconds (4.7 and 4.9 seconds in two runs). We made this photo ourselves, so it is not straight from a camera. Real iPhone photos are stored in tiles, which may take a little longer. With the computer slowed down 4 times and a slow 1.6 Mbps connection, to act like a mid-range phone, the first JPG was ready after about 9 seconds (8.6 to 9.0 seconds in three runs), 4 seconds of it spent downloading the reader.

A mixed batch of HEIC, PNG, WebP and AVIF all became JPGs, with transparent parts turned white. A file that was not a picture and a damaged HEIC each showed an error on their own card, and the other photos still converted. Stop ended a batch after the photo in progress, and the finished photos could still be downloaded. With the internet off and our server switched off, the page still converted HEIC photos after a first conversion.

Your location stays private

Phone photos can carry your GPS location, the camera model and the date taken. The new JPG and PNG files keep none of this (no EXIF data at all). We checked this with a test JPG that had all three. Your photos never leave your device.

The other side: the date taken is not copied either, so a photo app may sort the new files by the day you converted them.

What it cannot do

It makes JPG and PNG files only, not AVIF or WebP. Camera RAW files (such as DNG) are not supported.

HDR brightness is not kept. The JPG or PNG shows the normal photo.

Large batches are limited by your device's memory. Photos are converted one at a time to keep memory use low. If a photo says "Too large for this device", try it on its own.

JPG files are usually bigger than the HEIC originals, because HEIC packs a photo into less space. To make a photo smaller or fit a KB limit, use Resize photo.