Convert HEIC to JPG
Free online HEIC to JPG converter. Up to 5 photos at once with automatic conversion. Full resolution, no watermarks, no sign-up.
How to Convert HEIC to JPG
Converting HEIC to JPG takes three steps and about ten seconds. No software to install, nothing to configure.
Select your photos
Click “Select HEIC photos” or drag up to 5 files straight into the upload box. It works with .heic, .heif and .hif files from any iPhone or iPad.
Conversion starts automatically
There's no convert button to hunt for. Each photo starts converting the moment it's uploaded, and a typical iPhone photo takes about a second.
Download your JPGs
Save each JPG individually or grab everything at once as a ZIP archive. Your download links stay active for 30 days.
One Job, Done Properly
heicjpg.online does exactly one thing, converting HEIC to JPG, and it does it the way you'd want it done.
Automatic after upload
No extra clicks. Files begin converting the instant the upload finishes, one after another, with a live progress bar for each photo.
Up to 5 photos at once
Convert a batch of five photos in one go and download them individually or as a single ZIP archive. Need more? Just run another batch.
Files vanish after 30 days
Converted photos are deleted from the server automatically after 30 days. You don't have to do anything, and nothing lingers.
Full resolution
No scaling, no cropping. A 12-megapixel HEIC becomes a 12-megapixel JPG, encoded at quality 92/100, visually identical to the original.
Metadata & orientation
EXIF data (capture date, camera model, exposure, GPS) is preserved, and orientation is corrected so photos display upright everywhere.
Free, no account
No premium plan, no daily paywall, no email address. Open the page, drop your photos, download your JPGs. That's the whole deal.
What Is a HEIC File?
HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is the photo format Apple made the default on iPhone and iPad with iOS 11 back in 2017. Under the hood it compresses images with the HEVC/H.265 video codec, which is why a HEIC photo is typically 40-50% smaller than the same photo saved as a JPG, at the same perceived quality.
The format is technically impressive: it supports 16-bit color depth, transparency, several images in a single file (that's how Live Photos and burst shots work), depth maps for portrait mode, and lossless rotation. For storing thousands of photos on a phone, it's simply the better format.
The trouble starts the moment a HEIC file leaves the Apple ecosystem. Because HEVC is patent-encumbered, many platforms won't decode it out of the box: Windows PCs often can't open it, web upload forms reject it, older software doesn't recognize it, and the person you emailed your photos to may just see a broken thumbnail. That's the gap this converter fills: your originals stay space-efficient on your phone, and you get universally compatible JPGs to share.
What Is a JPG (JPEG) File?
JPG, properly JPEG after the Joint Photographic Experts Group that published it in 1992, is the most widely supported image format ever created. It uses lossy compression based on the discrete cosine transform, and after three decades it opens on effectively everything: every device, every browser, every editor, every printer, every photo kiosk, every web form.
JPG has real limitations: 8-bit color, no transparency, one image per file, and quality that degrades a little each time you re-save it. But none of that matters for the job it does best, which is sharing, publishing and printing photographs.
A sensible workflow is to keep your originals in HEIC (they take half the space) and produce JPG copies whenever something needs to leave your phone: an upload, a print order, an attachment, a listing photo. That's exactly the one-way trip this tool handles.
HEIC vs JPG: What's the Difference?
Both formats store photographs; they just optimize for different things. HEIC optimizes for storage efficiency and features, while JPG optimizes for opening everywhere, always.
| Feature | HEIC / HEIF | JPG / JPEG |
|---|---|---|
| File size | ~2× smaller | Larger |
| Color depth | Up to 16-bit per channel | 8-bit per channel |
| Transparency | Yes | No |
| Multiple images per file | Yes (Live Photos, bursts) | No |
| Depth maps (portrait mode) | Yes | No |
| Windows compatibility | Requires HEIF/HEVC extensions | Full, native |
| Browser support | Limited (mainly Safari) | Universal |
| Web forms & CMS uploads | Often rejected | Accepted everywhere |
| Introduced | 2015 (Apple adoption 2017) | 1992 |
| Best for | Photo archive on your phone | Sharing, publishing, printing |
How to Batch Convert HEIC to JPG
This converter handles up to 5 photos per batch, each with its own progress bar, plus a “Download all (ZIP)” button when the batch is done. File names are preserved with only the extension changing, so IMG_4821.heic comes back as IMG_4821.jpg. Photos are processed one after another to keep uploads fast even on slower connections, and you can repeat batches as many times as you like with “Convert more photos”.
If you have hundreds of HEIC files, an offline tool is the better fit:
- On a Mac: select the photos in Finder, right-click and choose Quick Actions → Convert Image, or open them in Preview and use File → Export Selected Images. Automator can script the whole thing.
- On Windows: free batch tools like XnConvert or IrfanView (with its HEIF plugin) convert entire folders in one pass.
- On the command line: ImageMagick does it in one line,
magick mogrify -format jpg -quality 92 *.heic, and libheif shipsheif-convertfor the same job.
For everyday batches, meaning the handful of photos you need to upload to a form, send to a client or attach to a listing, the converter at the top of this page is the fastest route.
How to Make Your iPhone Shoot JPG Instead of HEIC
If you'd rather skip converting altogether, you can tell your iPhone to take photos as JPG in the first place.
Change the camera format
Go to Settings → Camera → Formats and select Most Compatible. From then on, new photos are saved as JPG and videos as H.264. Existing HEIC photos stay HEIC; this setting only affects what you shoot next. The trade-off: JPG photos take roughly twice the storage of HEIC.
Convert automatically when transferring
Alternatively, keep shooting HEIC and let the iPhone convert during transfer: under Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC, choose Automatic. When you copy photos to a computer over USB, they arrive as JPG. (Keep Originals hands over the HEIC files untouched.) Most messaging apps (WhatsApp, Messenger, email) also convert HEIC to JPG on their own when you share a photo.
Why Won't Windows Open HEIC Files (and How to Fix It)
Out of the box, Windows 10 and 11 can't display HEIC photos. Microsoft ships the support as two separate Microsoft Store add-ons: HEIF Image Extensions (free) and HEVC Video Extensions, the codec that actually decodes the image data, which usually costs money, though some PC manufacturers pre-license it.
Even with both extensions installed, the pain doesn't fully go away: plenty of web forms, older versions of Photoshop, print services and marketplace uploaders still refuse .heic files. Converting to JPG fixes all of it at once, because the file opens natively on every Windows PC ever made and uploads anywhere. Drop your photos into the converter above and you're done.
What Happens to Your Files
Your photos are yours. Here's exactly how this service treats them: converted files are stored for 30 days so you can come back for a download later or grab it on another device, and then they're deleted automatically, with no action needed from you. Download links use long random tokens that can't be guessed or enumerated.
We don't ask for an account, an email address or a phone number. Nobody looks at your photos, they're never shared or sold, and they're not used to train any machine-learning models. IP addresses are stored only as irreversible hashes, solely to prevent abuse of the service. If you'd like a file removed before the 30-day window ends, simply don't share the link, or contact us and we'll delete it manually.