Convert HEIC to JPG
To convert a HEIC photo to JPG, drop it into the converter above and click Convert to JPG; the finished file downloads immediately. Unlike most HEIC converters, the decoding happens inside your browser, so your photo is never uploaded to anyone's server.
Drop your HEIC here
It becomes a JPG right in your browser, up to 100 MB
Your file never leaves your device
Why convert HEIC to JPG?
Every iPhone since 2017 shoots HEIC by default, and the format hits a wall the moment a photo leaves the Apple ecosystem: Windows wants a paid codec, Android support is inconsistent, web forms reject it, and relatives simply cannot open it. JPG fixes all of that at once. The privacy angle is sharper here than for any other pair on this site: these are personal photos, often with faces and locations, and the standard "free online HEIC converter" workflow means handing your camera roll to an unknown server. Here it never leaves your machine.
What is HEIC?
HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is the HEIF container holding HEVC-compressed images, and it has been the default camera format on iPhone since iOS 11 in 2017. It stores photos at roughly half the size of an equivalent JPG and can carry bursts, depth maps and Live Photo stills. Outside the Apple ecosystem support is poor: Windows often demands a paid codec extension and no browser will display a .heic file.
What is JPG?
JPG (or JPEG, for the Joint Photographic Experts Group that standardized it in 1992) is the most widely supported image format ever shipped. It uses lossy DCT compression tuned for photographs, which buys small files at the cost of discarding fine detail, and it has no transparency support. Practically everything that can open an image can open a JPG.
Quality and what to expect
HEIC and JPG are both lossy, so the conversion re-encodes already-compressed pixels; at default quality the result is visually faithful, though the JPG file will usually be noticeably larger than the HEIC, since HEVC compression is a generation ahead. Photo orientation is applied during decode, so sideways-shot images come out upright. EXIF metadata, including the GPS location your iPhone embeds, is not carried into the output; for photos you are about to share publicly, that is usually a feature.
HEIC to JPG FAQ
Why does my iPhone save photos as HEIC in the first place?
Apple switched the camera default in iOS 11 because HEVC compression stores the same photo in roughly half the space, which adds up across a camera roll. You can change it under Settings, Camera, Formats, Most Compatible, at the cost of bigger files.
Is it safe to use an online converter for personal photos?
With a conventional converter you are trusting an unknown server with your photos and whatever their retention policy claims. This one removes the question: the photo is decoded by WebAssembly in your browser, no upload occurs, and the network tab proves it.
What happens to the location data in my photo?
The GPS coordinates and other EXIF metadata embedded by the camera are dropped during conversion, not copied into the JPG. Share the output freely; it does not reveal where the photo was taken.
Will a Live Photo convert?
The still image will, since the HEIC file contains the photo itself. The motion component lives in a separate video file that this image pair does not touch.
Why is the JPG larger than the original HEIC?
HEVC, the codec inside HEIC, compresses substantially better than the 1992-era JPEG codec. Equal-quality JPGs are typically 1.5-2x the size. You are buying compatibility, not efficiency.