HEIC to JPG,
right in your browser.

Since iOS 11, iPhones save pictures in HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) format by default. HEIC files are about half the size of a JPG of the same quality, which saves space on the phone. The trade-off is support: Windows needs an extra codec, most Android phones and browsers cannot show them, and many job, visa and exam portals reject them outright.

JPG works almost everywhere. Converting a HEIC photo to JPG makes it open on any device and lets you upload it to forms that only accept JPG or JPEG.

Choose one or more .heic or .heif files, then convert. Each photo is decoded and saved as a JPG at its full size and high quality. One photo downloads as a single JPG; several download together in a ZIP file.

If you then need the photo under a size limit, such as 50 KB or 200 KB for an application form, open the JPG in the Resize Image or Compress Image tool. Those tools also accept HEIC directly, so you can skip this step and resize the HEIC photo there.

The conversion runs inside your browser using an open-source HEIC decoder (libheif). Your photos are not sent to a server. The decoder downloads the first time you use it, which can take a few seconds on a slow connection.

Very large photos, such as 48-megapixel iPhone shots, need a lot of memory. On an older phone, convert a few at a time.

On the iPhone, open Settings, then Camera, then Formats, and choose Most Compatible. New photos are then saved as JPG. Photos you already took stay as HEIC, so convert those here. When you share a photo by email or AirDrop to a non-Apple device, the iPhone often converts it to JPG automatically.