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Convert HEIC to JPG

Convert HEIC to JPG for free, right here in your browser. Your files are never uploaded, and they keep their names.

  • Free
  • Runs on your device
  • No account
  • No limits
Transparent areas

  • JPG can't store transparent areas, so they're filled in. White by default, and you can pick any colour.

How to convert HEIC to JPG

  1. Drop your HEIC files in the box above. You can also click the box to pick files, or paste them.
  2. Each file is converted to JPG on your own device. It usually takes a second or two.
  3. Download each file, or get them all in one zip. Every file keeps its name.

Why convert HEIC to JPG?

This is the usual fix for iPhone photos that a website, an email or a Windows PC refuses to open.

JPG files are usually a little bigger than HEIC, which is the price of wider support.

Both formats are lossy, so this saves the picture a second time. Keep the quality high if the image matters.

JPG can't store transparency, so see-through areas are filled with the colour you pick below.

About the two formats

HEIC: The format iPhones use for photos. Files are small, but many apps outside Apple can't open them.

JPG: The standard choice for photos. Files are small and every app can open them. It can't store transparent backgrounds.

HEIC and HEIF are the same format. The two extensions are interchangeable, and .heic is the more common of the two.

JPG and JPEG are the same format. The two extensions are interchangeable, and .jpg is the more common of the two. If a form has asked you for one and you have the other, rename it here rather than converting it.

The whole conversion happens in your browser. Your file is unpacked into raw pixels and saved again as JPG. Nothing is sent to any server.

Common questions

Is the HEIC to JPG converter free?

Yes, properly free. No paid tier, no trial, no watermark on the result and nothing to sign up for. Put as many files through it as you like, as often as you like.

Are my files uploaded to a server?

No. The HEIC to JPG converter runs inside your browser, on your own machine, so your files never go anywhere. Big ones are fine too, up to whatever your browser can hold.

Why will Windows not open my HEIC photos?

HEIC is the format an iPhone saves photos in by default, and Windows doesn't read it without an extra codec from the Microsoft Store that's not always free. Converting to JPG sidesteps the problem completely, because every version of Windows has opened JPG for decades. The same goes for older photo printers, upload forms and email clients that reject HEIC.

Can I stop my iPhone saving photos as HEIC?

Yes. In Settings, under Camera and then Formats, choose Most Compatible and the camera saves JPG from then on. Worth knowing before you do: a HEIC file is roughly half the size of the same photo as JPG, so the compatible setting costs you storage on every picture you take. Converting only the ones you need to share keeps both.

Does converting HEIC to JPG lose quality?

Slightly, because the picture is compressed a second time and each pass throws away a little more. It's rarely visible in one step at a high quality setting. Where it shows is after several rounds, so work from the best original you have rather than converting the same file back and forth.

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