Why does my iPhone save photos as HEIC?
Apple devices commonly use HEIF containers with HEVC image coding because they can keep good visual quality in less storage than older formats. HEIC is a common file extension for those still photos.
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Convert iPhone HEIC and HEIF still photos to JPG or PNG in your browser. Process up to 10 files and download them individually or as a ZIP.
Choose HEIC or HEIF still photos and convert them to JPG, or optionally PNG, entirely in your browser. The decoder handles one primary still image per file. HDR, wide-gamut colour profiles, depth data, motion-photo content and original metadata may not be preserved in the converted copy.
Photos are decoded and converted in this browser. The tool does not upload your files, file names or photo contents to a conversion server.
Drop HEIC or HEIF photos here
Up to 10 files · 20 MB each · 60 MB combined · 24 megapixels per displayed image · 16,384 px maximum on either side. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes.
Primary HEVC still image only. AVIF, image sequences, video, audio and other HEIF codecs are not supported.
Choose HEIC or HEIF photos to begin.
The JPG or PNG does not retain source EXIF, XMP, GPS, camera details, Apple asset identifiers or embedded thumbnails.
For a Live Photo, select the HEIC still. Its paired MOV, motion and audio are not converted.
This converter makes widely compatible JPG or PNG copies of HEVC-coded HEIC and HEIF still photos. The decoder runs inside your browser, and each photo is handled in a separate temporary worker. Your source files, file names and photo contents are not sent to a conversion server.
Apple devices commonly use HEIF containers with HEVC image coding because they can keep good visual quality in less storage than older formats. HEIC is a common file extension for those still photos.
Choose JPG for ordinary photos and broad compatibility. Choose PNG when you need transparency or an 8-bit lossless copy of the decoded pixels. PNG usually creates a larger file.
No. The page loads the decoder code, then reads and converts the files in your browser. The tool does not send the selected photos or their file names to a conversion server.
No. The exported JPG or PNG does not retain the source EXIF, XMP, GPS, camera details, Apple asset identifiers or embedded thumbnails. Keep the original if you need that information.
It can convert the HEIC still image that you select. A Live Photo’s motion and audio are stored separately, normally in a paired MOV file, and are not included in the output.
HEIC uses efficient HEVC compression. PNG preserves decoded pixels without lossy photo compression, while a JPG at high quality may also need more bytes for the same scene. A format change alone does not promise a smaller file.
PNG avoids further lossy compression after the photo has been decoded, but the browser output is 8-bit and does not preserve the original HDR, 10-bit precision, gain map or colour profile exactly. It is not a lossless copy of the complete HEIC source.
No. The JPG or PNG created here already omits the source HEIC metadata. Use the metadata viewer and remover when you need to inspect or clean an existing JPG, PNG or WebP file without re-encoding its image data.