How to convert HEIC photos to JPG
- Add the photos. Drag them into the area above or click to choose them. You can convert many at once.
- Choose how much to compress. Light keeps the most detail, maximum gives the smallest file.
- Press Convert to JPG. Each photo becomes a JPG.
- Download them, one by one or all together as a .zip.
Why will nothing open my iPhone photos?
Because HEIC is the format Apple adopted for photos, and much of the rest of the world never followed.
It is a genuinely better format — the same picture in roughly half the space — but that only helps when the other side can read it. Send a HEIC to a Windows machine, an older Android phone, or a web form, and you get a file that simply refuses to open.
JPG is the opposite trade: bigger, older, and openable by everything made in the last thirty years.
Will the JPG be larger than the HEIC?
Usually yes, and that is expected: it is the price of a format everyone can open.
HEIC compresses better than JPG, so converting almost always costs some size. The pixel dimensions do not change — the photo is not made smaller, only stored less efficiently. If the size matters more than compatibility, keep the original as well.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. They are decoded and converted inside your browser.
Photos are personal in a way that few other files are, and “convert HEIC online” usually means handing your camera roll to a stranger's server. Here the decoder is downloaded once and runs on your own device; this page declares a Content Security Policy that does not permit sending your images anywhere, and you can watch the network traffic to confirm it.
What about the photo's date and location?
Converting rewrites the image, so the metadata of the original is not carried across.
That is worth knowing in both directions: it means the JPG you send does not quietly carry the place where the photo was taken, and it also means you should keep the original if the date and location matter to you.
Frequently asked questions
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The decoder runs in your browser, on your own device, and the page forbids sending your images elsewhere.
Why will nothing open a HEIC file?
Because HEIC is the format Apple adopted for photos and much of the rest of the world never followed. JPG is older and larger, but everything can read it.
Will the JPG be bigger than the original?
Usually yes. HEIC compresses better than JPG, so converting costs some size: that is the price of a format everyone can open.
Does the photo keep its date and location?
No. Converting rewrites the image, so the metadata of the original is not carried across — which also means the JPG does not quietly carry the place where the photo was taken.