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Convert HEIC to WebP

Convert HEIC to WebP 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

How to convert HEIC to WebP

  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 WebP 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 WebP?

Puts an iPhone photo into a format more programs can open.

File sizes stay roughly similar, so this is about what can open the file rather than about space.

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

About the two formats

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

WebP: A newer format made for the web. Files are much smaller than PNG or JPG at the same quality, and it keeps transparent backgrounds.

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

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

Common questions

Is the HEIC to WebP 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 WebP 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.

Does converting HEIC to WebP 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.

Will the WebP file be smaller than the HEIC?

Not really. The two formats compress about as hard as each other, so expect a file of roughly the same size. This conversion is about what can open the file, not about saving space.

Does converting HEIC to WebP keep the date and location from the original?

No. The image is rebuilt pixel by pixel, so the camera model, the date and any GPS location in the original aren't carried into the WebP file. That cuts both ways: it strips information you may not want to share, and it loses information you may have wanted to keep. Check the original with the metadata viewer first if it matters.

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