How it works
How to convert HEIC to JPG
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Add your HEIC photos
Drop .heic or .heif files into the box, or tap it to choose them. JPG is already selected.
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Convert
Set the JPG quality if you like (85% suits most photos), then click Convert all. It all runs on your device.
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Download
Save each JPG on its own, or the whole batch as one .zip. Nothing was uploaded.
To convert HEIC to JPG here, drop your .heic photos into the box above, or tap it to choose them. JPG is already selected. Leave the quality at 85% unless you have a reason to change it, click Convert all, then download each JPG or the whole batch as one .zip. Files ending in .heif go in the same way, so it works as a HEIF to JPG converter too.
It's free, with no account, no watermark and no limit on how many photos you add. The conversion runs inside your browser tab: a WebAssembly build of libheif decodes each photo in a background worker, and the JPG is encoded on your device. Your photos never go to a server, and there's nothing to install, so the same steps work on an iPhone, a Mac, a Windows PC, an Android phone or a Chromebook. Not sure JPG is the right format, or want to know what a .heic file actually is? Our HEIC converter covers JPG, PNG and PDF on one page.
Your phone or computer may also be able to change HEIC to JPG by itself. Here's how on each, and when this page is quicker.
How to convert HEIC to JPG on iPhone
For photos already on the phone, open this page in Safari, tap the box, pick the photos and convert them as above. Safari saves the JPGs (or the .zip) to the Downloads folder in the Files app. If you'd rather the camera stopped shooting HEIC, go to Settings, Camera, Formats and choose Most Compatible; that only changes new photos, and they'll take more space. And if the photos are heading to a computer by cable, Settings, Photos, Transfer to Mac or PC set to Automatic makes the iPhone hand them over as JPGs.
How to convert HEIC to JPG on a Mac
Macs open HEIC natively, so there are two built-in routes. In Finder, select one or more .heic files, right-click, choose Quick Actions, then Convert Image, and pick JPEG (macOS Monterey and later). Or open the photo in Preview, choose File, then Export, set Format to JPEG and use the Quality slider. For pictures inside the Photos app, select them and use File, Export, Export Photos with Photo Kind set to JPEG. This page is the easier choice on a borrowed Mac, or when you want a batch in one .zip.
How to convert HEIC to JPG on Windows
Windows 10 and 11 can only open HEIC once two add-ons are installed from the Microsoft Store: HEIF Image Extensions (free) and HEVC Video Extensions (a small fee on most PCs). With both in place, open the photo in Paint, choose Save as, then JPEG picture. Without them, Paint and Photos can't read the file at all. Converting here skips the Store, because it runs in Edge or Chrome and doesn't rely on Windows' own HEIC support.
When you need this
Forms that only take JPG
Job applications, marketplace listings, government portals and plenty of upload buttons refuse a .heic, or accept it and then fail quietly. A JPG goes through every time.
Sending to someone without an iPhone
An old Android phone, a work laptop or a smart TV may not open HEIC. Nobody has ever had to ask what a JPG is.
Social media and messaging
Most platforms convert uploads to JPG behind the scenes anyway. Doing it yourself first means you choose the quality, instead of finding out what the site did to your photo after it's posted.
Everyday copies of your photos
For a folder to browse on a PC, pictures to drop into a document or a backup on a USB stick, JPG is the sensible pick. PNG would keep every pixel but make each file several times bigger, which is rarely worth it for a photo.
Worked example
Say you've got a riverside town photo from a trip, a 701 KB HEIC file, and a forum that only accepts JPG.
Drop the file into the box above (JPG is already selected), leave the quality at 85% and click Convert all. When we tried exactly this, the JPG came out at 312 KB in about a second, with no difference we could see at normal viewing size.
Don't count on it always shrinking, though. HEIC is the more efficient format, so a detailed 12 megapixel iPhone photo saved at a modest size can come out as a bigger JPG. If the result is over a site's upload limit, drag the quality slider down to 70% or so and convert again. Push it toward 95% for a photo you plan to print large or edit further.
Format explainer
JPG (or JPEG, the same thing) has barely changed since it was standardized in 1992. It splits an image into 8×8 pixel blocks, runs each one through a discrete cosine transform, throws away the fine detail human eyes notice least, and compresses what's left. The recipe is simple and old, which is exactly why every phone, browser, printer and photo app decodes it without a second thought.
HEIC stores the photo with HEVC (H.265), the codec behind 4K video streaming. It predicts each block from its neighbors using dozens of directional patterns before compressing the remainder, which is how it fits the same visual quality into roughly half the bytes. It can also hold 10-bit HDR color, depth maps and bursts in one file. The cost is support: outside Apple's own devices, plenty of software still can't open it.
Converting HEIC to JPG trades that efficiency for compatibility. Expect standard-range color for HDR photos, and only the main image from a burst.
Frequently asked questions
Drop the .heic files into the box at the top of this page, leave the output on JPG and click Convert all. Then download the JPGs one by one or as a .zip. Steps for doing it with what's built into an iPhone, a Mac or Windows are in the How it works section above.
Yes. No account, no watermark, no daily limit and no paid tier. It costs nothing to run because your own device does the work; there's no server converting files on our side.
Yes. HEIF is the container format and HEIC is the version iPhones use, so .heif files from Android phones and cameras go in exactly the same way and come out as JPG.
Yes, one format with two spellings. Early versions of Windows only allowed three-letter file extensions, so .jpg stuck. The files this tool makes end in .jpg and open anywhere a JPEG does.
A little, because JPG compresses the photo again. At the default 85% you won't see it at normal sizes. Go up to 95% for printing or editing, down to 60 or 70% when the file needs to be small. If you need every pixel kept exactly, use HEIC to PNG instead and accept a much bigger file.
Yes. Drop in as many as you like and each gets its own row with its own status. The tool sets no limit; a very large batch is limited only by your device's memory. When they're done, download them all together as one .zip.
Yes. The photo is decoded to pixels and saved as a new JPG, so the GPS location, camera model, date taken and other EXIF details from the HEIC aren't copied across. Handy before posting a photo publicly; keep the original if you need that information.
No. Decoding the HEIC and encoding the JPG both happen in your browser. You can check: open your browser's developer tools, watch the Network tab while you convert, and you'll see no request carrying your photo.