Convert HEIC photos from your iPhone to JPG - works on Windows, Android, and anywhere HEIC won't open.
Drop one or many - all convert to JPG. Per-row progress, batch convert, ZIP download.
iPhones save photos as HEIC since iOS 11 because it's half the size of JPG at the same quality. The downside: HEIC doesn't open on Windows by default, doesn't upload to most websites, and breaks WhatsApp, Slack, school portals, and printers. Converting to JPG fixes every one of those instantly - JPG plays on literally everything.
We decode HEIC using a WebAssembly libheif build, then re-encode as JPG at high quality (Q=92). The result looks identical to the HEIC on screen and works anywhere. JPGs from HEIC end up roughly twice the size of the HEIC source - that's the cost of leaving Apple's more efficient codec. All conversion happens in your browser; no photos are uploaded.
The reason this conversion has become so common: Apple shipped HEIC as the default photo format in 2017 but the broader ecosystem never caught up. Windows still requires a paid Microsoft Store extension to view HEICs natively. Many web upload forms reject the .heic extension outright. Most social platforms accept HEIC technically but compress the photos through legacy JPG-based pipelines, sometimes producing worse output than if you'd just uploaded JPG to begin with.
If you're sharing photos with non-iPhone users, JPG is the safe answer. If you're keeping them on your own devices and you exclusively use Apple products, HEIC is fine - smaller files, same visual quality. The "convert everything to JPG immediately" strategy makes sense as a one-time migration when handing off to a Windows or Android user; for ongoing personal storage, leave them HEIC and convert ad hoc as needed.
A note on Live Photos: an iPhone Live Photo is technically a HEIC still + a short MOV motion clip stored in the same library entry. When you AirDrop or share it, you usually get the HEIC alone. The motion data isn't part of the HEIC file itself, so converting to JPG never "loses motion" - the motion was never in the file you uploaded. To preserve motion, you'd need to share the MOV separately or use a Live-Photo-aware export.
The single most common reason: you took photos on an iPhone and need to send them to someone on a Windows PC where HEICs won't open. Convert first, then share.
Job applications, school portals, insurance claim systems - many web forms reject .heic outright. JPG sails through every one of them.
WhatsApp accepts HEIC but heavily recompresses it through its JPG pipeline. Converting to JPG first gives you control over the quality.
Drugstore and supermarket photo kiosks rarely support HEIC. JPG prints reliably at any kiosk that takes a USB drive or SD card.
Older versions of Lightroom, Photoshop, and many photo organizers can't open HEIC. JPG works in everything back to the late 1990s.
Office and Google Docs don't always render HEIC inline, depending on the version. JPG embeds correctly across every version of every editor.
HEIC is the high-efficiency format iPhones use to save photos - typically half the size of JPG at the same quality. Not widely supported outside Apple devices, which is why people convert.
JPG (JPEG) is the dominant lossy image format on the web - small files, near-universal support, but no transparency. Best for photos and high-frequency detail.
Drag a HEIC onto the converter above, or click the box to pick one from your device.
We've preselected JPG as the output format. Change it from the dropdown if you want a different target.
Click Convert and wait for the progress bar to finish. Download the JPG when it's ready.
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