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HEIC to JPG

Convert iPhone HEIC photos into JPGs that open anywhere. Batch conversion with an adjustable quality setting.

Files never leave your device

How to use HEIC to JPG

  1. 1Add your .heic or .heif files — several at once is fine.
  2. 2Choose the output quality.
  3. 3Press Convert and wait while each photo is decoded.
  4. 4Download the JPGs individually or as a ZIP.

How it works

HEIC stores images using HEVC compression inside a HEIF container. It is genuinely efficient — roughly half the size of an equivalent JPEG — but most browsers cannot decode it natively because of patent licensing around HEVC.

This tool loads a WebAssembly build of libheif, the reference decoder, directly into the page. Your photo is decoded to raw pixels in the browser tab and re-encoded as JPEG on the spot. That means the decoder is a few megabytes to download on first use, but nothing about your photos leaves the machine.

Because HEIC is already lossy, re-encoding as JPEG loses a little more. At quality 90 the difference is not visible; the resulting file will typically be larger than the HEIC despite the quality loss, which is simply the price of JPEG's older compression.

Images are decoded by the browser, redrawn on a canvas and re-encoded on your own machine. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no waiting on a queue and no copy of your photos anywhere else.

Frequently asked questions

Why will Windows not open my iPhone photos?
Windows needs a paid HEVC codec extension to display HEIC files. Converting to JPG avoids that entirely.
How do I stop my iPhone creating HEIC files?
On the phone, go to Settings → Camera → Formats and choose "Most Compatible". New photos will be JPEGs, though existing HEIC files stay as they are.
Does converting lose quality?
A small amount, since both formats are lossy. At quality 90 it is not visible at normal viewing sizes.
Why does the first conversion take longer?
The HEIC decoder has to be downloaded once, then it is cached. Later conversions in the same session are much faster.