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Convert iPhone HEIC photos into universal JPGs, in batches, decoded entirely in your browser.
For the best results: Select photos straight from AirDrop or a cable transfer, batches convert in one go. Decoding happens locally, so private photos stay private.
Advanced settingsoptional, defaults work well
Processed entirely in your browser, your photos are never uploaded, logged, or stored.
What is HEIC to JPG?
HEIC to JPG is a free file converter that decodes iPhone HEIC photos in your browser and converts them into universal JPGs, singly or in batches. Each image is decoded and re-encoded by your own browser's graphics engine, so your photos are never uploaded to a server. There is no queue, no watermark, and no account to create, and it keeps working with your connection off.
- ✦Runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you enter is ever uploaded
- ✦No account, no sign-up, and no data leaves your device
- ✦Works offline once the page has loaded
See it in action
A landlord's iPhone inspection photos will not open on the tenant's Windows laptop.
What you drop in
Twelve .heic photos chosen together, quality 92%
What you get
Twelve JPGs with identical framing and correct colors, decoded entirely in the browser. In testing a converted photo's color values matched the original almost exactly, 254,0,0 against a pure red.
Tip: If a .heic file refuses to convert, it may be a JPG wearing the wrong name: WhatsApp and many websites convert iPhone photos but keep the .heic filename. The error message calls this out and points you to the Image Converter, which reads the file by content instead.
Use cases
What people use it for
Open iPhone photos on a Windows PC that only shows blank thumbnails for HEIC files.
Convert a camera roll export to JPG before sending it to a photo printing service.
Share holiday snaps with family whose older devices cannot display HEIC attachments at all.
Who uses HEIC to JPG?
Windows users
open photos sent from iPhones without buying codecs or installing software, straight from a browser tab
Print shop customers
turn a phone's holiday album into JPGs that kiosks and photo labs accept the first time
Small business owners
convert staff-taken iPhone photos into a format their website builder and invoicing tools will actually display
How it works
- 1Choose your files. They open in your browser, not on a server.
- 2Your device converts, compresses, or resizes them locally, with no upload.
- 3The converted files download straight back; nothing is kept anywhere.
Tips for the best results
- Convert before uploading to a picky website rather than after watching it reject your files.
- Keep the HEIC originals as compact masters and hand out JPG copies for sharing.
- Expect the very first file to pause briefly while the decoder initializes; the rest fly through.
- Transferring photos by cable or AirDrop first is faster than emailing HEICs to yourself.
- If a converted photo looks rotated, check it in a viewer that respects orientation before re-shooting.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is HEIC and why does my iPhone use it?
HEIC is Apple's name for images stored in the HEIF container using HEVC video compression. Apple made it the default camera format from iOS 11 because it stores a photo in roughly half the space a comparable JPG needs, at similar quality. The catch is compatibility: plenty of software outside the Apple ecosystem still cannot open it.
How does this convert HEIC entirely in the browser?
A WebAssembly build of an HEVC decoder loads as part of the page and runs on your own processor. It unpacks each HEIC into raw pixels locally, and the browser then encodes those pixels as a JPG you download on the spot. No server participates at any stage, which is why the conversion also works offline once the page is open.
Will I lose quality converting HEIC to JPG?
Both formats are lossy, so a conversion is technically a re-encode, but at a high JPG quality the visual difference is negligible for photographs. One quirk worth knowing: the JPG will usually be a larger file than the HEIC it came from, because JPG's compression dates from the early 1990s and is simply less efficient than HEVC.
What happens to my photos while they convert?
They stay in your browser's memory and nowhere else. Family pictures never sit in a stranger's processing queue, no copies land in cloud storage, and there is no account to create. If you want proof, convert one photo, then switch off your wifi and keep converting: everything works exactly the same, because your photos never touch the network at any stage. The only thing ever fetched is the decoder itself, once, the first time you convert.
Can I convert a whole camera roll at once?
Yes. Select as many HEIC files as you like and they convert one after another with no daily allowance, no watermark stamped across the results, and no premium tier gating the batch feature. Since your device does all the work, the only practical limit is your own patience, and modern computers get through large batches quickly.
Why can't Windows open HEIC files?
Because decoding HEIC relies on the HEVC codec, which carries patent licensing costs, Windows does not always include it, and Microsoft's store extension is sometimes paid or missing. Rather than chasing codecs on every machine, converting the photos to JPG once solves the problem for any device that will ever receive them.
Should I turn off HEIC on my iPhone?
Switching the camera to Most Compatible in Settings makes every future shot a JPG, but doubles the storage your photos consume. Many people prefer keeping HEIC for its space savings and converting only the occasional photos they need to share, which is exactly the situation this converter handles.
Is this an AI tool?
No, and deliberately so. It is a fixed decoder and encoder doing the same deterministic transformation on every photo, which means results are instant and predictable, with nothing interpreted or altered. Crucially, that also means your pictures never leave the device, something no cloud-hosted service can honestly promise.
Are there any usage limits?
None. Everything is generated locally in your browser, so there is no server cost, no metering, and no daily cap, use it as many times as you like, completely free.
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