Convert HEIC to JPG free, directly in your browser — no software install, no upload to sketchy servers. iPhones shoot HEIC by default; half the world's apps, portals and Windows PCs still want JPG.
Why convert
Apple adopted HEIC because it stores photos at half the size of JPG — but send one to a Windows user, a government portal or an older app and it simply will not open. Converting to JPG makes iPhone photos universally usable. Our converter decodes HEIC locally with a privacy-safe library, then re-encodes to JPG at your chosen quality — your photos never leave the device, which matters given how personal camera-roll photos are.
How it works
- Drop your images (or click to browse / paste with Ctrl+V) — batch conversion supported.
- Adjust quality if you like — 92% is visually lossless for most photos.
- Download each file or grab them all with one click. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my iPhone save HEIC?
It halves storage use at the same quality. You can also make the camera shoot JPG: Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible.
Is quality lost converting to JPG?
At the default 92% quality the difference is invisible. You can push the slider to 100% for archival copies.
Are my photos private?
Completely — HEIC decoding and JPG encoding both happen in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, unlike most “free HEIC converter” sites.
Can I convert several at once?
Yes — drop your whole batch; the first file loads the decoder (a second or two), the rest fly.
Also see: compress to exact KB, our other free daily tools, and the image compression guide.
Why your iPhone photos are HEIC in the first place
Apple switched the default camera format to HEIC in iOS 11 for a straightforward reason: it produces roughly half the file size of JPG at the same visual quality. On a phone holding thousands of photos that is a genuine saving.
The cost is compatibility. HEIC is a container built on the HEVC codec, which carries patent licensing, and that has kept adoption outside Apple slow. Windows needs an extension. Many web upload forms reject it outright. Older photo software cannot open it at all.
Where HEIC actually breaks things
- Job and government portals — almost universally accept JPG and PNG only.
- Older Windows machines — the HEVC extension is a paid add-on in the Microsoft Store.
- Email attachments — the recipient may simply be unable to open it.
- Print services and photo books — most still want JPG.
- WordPress and many CMSs — reject the upload by MIME type.
Stopping the problem at source
If you would rather never deal with this again, iPhone can shoot JPG directly: Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible. Photos take more space but work everywhere.
There is also a halfway setting most people miss: Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Automatic converts to JPG when you transfer, while keeping HEIC on the phone. That gets you the storage saving and compatible files on your computer.
What conversion does and does not preserve
Kept: the image itself, at full resolution.
Usually lost: Live Photo motion, depth data used for Portrait mode, and HDR gain maps. A converted Portrait photo keeps the blurred background as it was rendered but you can no longer edit the depth effect.
Worth knowing: HEIC is already lossy, so converting to JPG is a second lossy step. The visible difference is small, but it means converting back and forth repeatedly degrades the image.
Converted on your device
Decoding and re-encoding happen in your browser — no upload, no queue, no photo of yours sitting on a server. Given how many HEIC files are personal photos of family and documents, that matters.
If the converted JPG is still too large for an upload form, run it through compress to an exact KB size. For other format changes, the image converter handles WebP and PNG too.