HEIC to JPG
Convert iPhone HEIC photos into JPG files that open on any device or website. Multiple files at once, and nothing leaves your computer.
- Select one or more .HEIC or .HEIF photos — the format iPhones save photos in by default.
- Click Convert to JPG. Files are converted one at a time and each downloads as a .jpg.
- If only the first file arrives, allow multiple downloads for this site when your browser asks.
Why your iPhone photos won't open
Since iOS 11, iPhones have saved photos as HEIC rather than JPG. It is a genuinely better format — roughly half the file size at the same visible quality — but support outside Apple's ecosystem is patchy. Older Windows versions won't preview them, plenty of websites reject the upload, and many apps simply show a broken thumbnail. Converting to JPG trades some file-size efficiency for a format that has worked everywhere for thirty years.
This conversion runs entirely in your browser using the open-source heic2any decoder. Your photos are never uploaded, which is worth caring about given these are usually personal pictures.
Stop the problem at the source
If you convert HEIC files regularly, change the setting instead. On your iPhone open Settings → Camera → Formats and choose Most Compatible. Every photo from then on is saved as JPG. Existing photos stay HEIC, so you will still need this tool for those, but new ones won't need converting.
There is a second setting worth knowing: Settings → Photos, at the bottom, controls what happens when you transfer to a computer. Automatic converts to JPG during transfer; Keep Originals hands over the HEIC untouched. If your photos arrive as HEIC on a PC, this is why.
What changes in the converted file
JPG is a lossy format, so conversion re-encodes the image — here at 85% quality, which is visually indistinguishable from the original for normal viewing. Expect the JPG to be noticeably larger than the HEIC despite that, since HEIC is simply a more efficient container; a 2 MB HEIC commonly becomes a 3–4 MB JPG. If size matters, run the result through Compress Image.
One caveat specific to Apple: Live Photos and portrait-mode depth data do not survive the conversion. You get the still frame, not the motion or the adjustable background blur. Keep the originals if those matter to you.
Doing it without any tool
On a Mac, opening a HEIC in Preview and choosing File → Export lets you save as JPEG, and you can select many files and use Quick Actions → Convert Image in Finder. On Windows 11, the Photos app can open HEIC once the free HEIF Image Extensions package is installed from the Microsoft Store, after which Paint can re-save as JPG. This page is faster when you have a handful of files and don't want to install anything.