Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG
Photos copied off an iPhone often arrive as .heic files that Windows and older software will not open. Convert them here, without sending your photos to anyone.
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Why your iPhone photos are HEIC
Since iOS 11, iPhones save photos as HEIC by default. It stores the same picture in roughly half the space of a JPEG, which is why Apple switched. The catch appears the moment the file leaves the Apple ecosystem: Windows needs an extension to open it, many websites reject it, and a lot of software has never heard of it.
A note on how this page works, because it is different from the other converters here: HEIC decoding is done by your browser, using the codecs your operating system provides. Safari on Apple devices always can. Chrome and Edge can on recent Windows and macOS. If your browser cannot decode a file, it is marked in the list rather than silently skipped — and switching to a different browser usually fixes it.
The privacy angle is not decoration here
Photos straight off a phone are the most sensitive files most people ever convert. They carry GPS coordinates accurate to a few metres, the exact time they were taken, and the device that took them. Every online HEIC converter that uploads your file receives all of that, on top of the picture itself.
This page receives none of it, because it receives nothing. The photo is decoded and re-encoded inside your browser tab. As a side effect of that re-encoding, the output JPGs carry no EXIF and no GPS data at all — the location where the photo was taken does not travel with the converted copy.
If you would rather keep a photo's date and camera information, this is a reason to convert on the phone itself instead. The trade is real and you should know which side of it you are on.
Turning it off at the source
If you would rather your iPhone stopped producing HEIC in the first place: Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible. New photos are saved as JPEG from then on, at the cost of roughly double the storage. Photos already on the phone stay HEIC.
Questions
+ Why will Windows not open my HEIC files?
Windows needs the HEIF Image Extensions from the Microsoft Store, which are not always installed. Converting to JPG avoids the problem entirely and works with everything.
+ Will this work in my browser?
It depends on whether your browser can decode HEIC. Safari on Apple devices always can; recent Chrome and Edge on Windows and macOS usually can. Files that cannot be decoded are flagged in the list, not skipped silently.
+ Are my photos uploaded?
No, and for this tool that matters more than most: a phone photo carries GPS coordinates and timestamps. Nothing is transmitted, so none of that reaches anyone.
+ Does the converted JPG keep the location data?
No. Re-encoding drops all EXIF, including GPS. That is usually what people want from a photo they are about to share — but if you need the metadata preserved, convert on the phone instead.
+ How much bigger will the JPG be?
Roughly twice the size of the HEIC at comparable quality. HEIC is the more efficient format; JPG is the more compatible one.