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HEIC to JPG Converter (Free, No Upload)

Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG or PNG in your browser — one file or a whole batch, downloaded as a zip. Private: your photos are never uploaded.

Runs on your device — nothing is uploaded

iPhones save photos as HEIC by default. It's an efficient format, but plenty of websites, older Windows PCs, printers and upload forms still won't accept it. This converter turns HEIC into universally readable JPG (or lossless PNG) right in your browser.

How to convert HEIC to JPG

  1. Choose JPG or PNG, and a quality level (90% is visually identical to the original for photos).
  2. Drop your .HEIC files in — select as many as you like.
  3. Save each file individually, or Download all as .zip.

Nothing is uploaded. Decoding happens on your device, which is why it works on private photos you wouldn't want on someone else's server.

JPG or PNG?

  • JPG — the right choice for photos. Files are small and open everywhere.
  • PNG — lossless, but a 12-megapixel photo becomes 15–25 MB. Only worth it if you plan to edit the image heavily afterwards.

Why HEIC files won't open on Windows

Windows 10 and 11 need the HEIF Image Extensions (free) and, for some files, the HEVC Video Extensions (paid) from the Microsoft Store to preview HEIC. Without them, Photos shows an error and File Explorer shows a blank thumbnail. Converting to JPG sidesteps the codec problem entirely.

Stop your iPhone creating HEIC files

If you'd rather get JPGs from the start: Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible. New photos will be JPG (they take roughly twice the space). Alternatively, Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Automatic makes the iPhone convert to JPG when you copy photos to a computer over a cable.

Tips

  • Converting from HEIC to JPG is a one-way, slightly lossy step. Keep your originals.
  • Very large batches (hundreds of photos) can use a lot of browser memory. Convert in groups of 50–100.
  • The date and location stored in the photo are not carried over to the JPG. That's usually a privacy win — see the EXIF viewer for what's inside your originals.

Converting whole photo libraries

For thousands of photos, mixed formats (HEIC, AVIF, WebP, PNG), resizing and renaming in the same pass, BatchLens Pro does it offline on Windows and keeps your folder structure. On Android, ShrinkForge converts and compresses photos on the phone itself.

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