HEIC to JPG Converter: Open iPhone Photos Anywhere with Convertavo
Someone sent you a photo from their iPhone and your Windows PC won't open it? Convertavo's free HEIC to JPG converter turns it into a normal JPG that every phone, computer and website can open. Drop in one photo or a whole folder. It usually takes 3 to 7 seconds.
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20 free credits a day, with no email address and no watermarks on the output.
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Works in any modern browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
How to convert HEIC to JPG
You can do this on your phone too, right in the browser.
- STEP 01
Add your HEIC photos
Add HEIC or HEIF photos straight from your iPhone or from a folder, up to 25 MB each.
- STEP 02
Choose quality
Keep JPG as the output. The slider starts at 82, and 90 keeps the photos looking identical.
- STEP 03
Convert and download
Click Convert photos, then download standard JPGs that open anywhere.
We'd leave the quality at 82 for sharing and move it up to 90 for photos you want to keep.
What the HEIC to JPG tool does
A whole camera roll
Drop in a folder and every photo gets the same settings. Up to 100 at a time on the biggest plan.
Date and camera kept
Your photos stay in the right order in the gallery. The GPS location is left out unless you want it.
Looks the same
At quality 90 we could not tell the JPG from the HEIC.
What is a HEIC file, and why won't it open?
HEIC is short for High Efficiency Image Container. iPhones and iPads have saved photos this way since 2017, because a HEIC photo looks about as good as a JPG and takes up less room. With thousands of photos on a phone, that adds up.
The trouble is that plenty of things still can't open it. Windows needs an extra codec for it, many Android phones don't support it, most websites and their upload forms turn it away, and a lot of desktop software has never heard of it. A JPG copy gets around all of that.
How do I open HEIC photos on Windows or Android?
We'd turn them into JPG files. Add the HEIC photos here, keep JPG as the output and download. The JPG opens in Windows Photos, Paint, Word, any browser and any upload form, and you don't have to install a codec or an app.
Why does a website say "format not supported"?
Most upload forms are built to take JPG or PNG and nothing else. A HEIC photo doesn't match either, so the form says no before the upload even starts. A JPG copy made here goes through like any other photo.
Will the JPG look worse than the HEIC?
We converted one 4032 × 3024 test image to see. The HEIC was 258 KB. As a JPG at quality 82 it came out at 265 KB, and at quality 90 it was 316 KB. Side by side, we could not tell the quality 90 copy from the original.
So the JPG is usually a little bigger than the HEIC. That is the cost of a format that opens everywhere. 82 is fine for chat apps and social media.
If the photos are going by email and need to be smaller, type a number into Max dimension. We set it to 2000 on a 3024 × 4032 photo and got 1500 × 2000. With the box left empty, every photo keeps its full size.
Does the JPG keep the date the photo was taken?
Yes, as long as Keep EXIF data such as date and camera is ticked, and it is by default. EXIF is information stored inside the photo, like when it was taken and on which phone. With it, the photos stay in the right order in your gallery. Without it, a photo from last summer can show up as if it was taken today.
We tested it with a HEIC dated 14 July 2025 from an iPhone 15, and the JPG kept both. The GPS location is a separate switch and starts off, so the JPG doesn't say where the photo was taken. We'd leave it that way for anything you post online.
Should I pick JPG, PNG or WebP?
For most people, JPG. We also tried PNG on the same test image. It came to 752 KB, close to three times the size of the HEIC, which is what usually happens when a photo is saved as PNG.
| Format | Good for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| JPG | Sharing, printing, email, upload forms | Nothing much. It opens everywhere. |
| PNG | When every pixel must stay exactly the same | Photo files get several times larger |
| WebP | Photos going onto a website | Some older apps can't open it |
Swipe the table sideways to see every column.
If you need HEIC to PNG, choose PNG under Output format before you convert.
Can I convert lots of iPhone photos at once?
Yes. Export the photos from your camera roll, then add the whole folder at once. They all get the same settings, so you only set things up once. Without an account you can add 3 at a time, a free account takes 10, and the biggest plan takes 100.
Each photo uses 1 credit, and you get 20 free credits a day.
How do I make my iPhone take photos in JPG?
One setting on the iPhone makes the camera save JPG from the start:
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap Camera, then Formats.
- Choose Most Compatible instead of High Efficiency.
New photos are saved as JPG after that. The ones already on the phone stay HEIC, so this page is still handy for those.
Is Convertavo's HEIC converter free and safe?
Is it free?
Yes. You get 20 free credits a day, which is 20 photos, with no email and no watermark. Files can be up to 25 MB, and Standard plans and above also get priority processing.
Are my photos private?
They go over a secure HTTPS connection and are deleted from our servers one hour after processing. We don't keep them, look at them or reuse them.
Does it work on my phone?
It does. Any modern browser on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS or Linux will run it, so there's nothing to download.
Got iPhone photos that won't open? Drop them into Convertavo above and you'll have JPGs in a few seconds.
Convert photosCommon questions about converting iPhone photos
The ones we hear most about HEIC.
How do I convert HEIC to JPG?
Add the HEIC photos, keep JPG as the output and click Convert photos. The JPG files are ready to download a few seconds later.
Can I do this without an app?
Yes. It all runs in the web browser, on an iPhone, an Android phone or a computer, and there's nothing to install.
Will converting HEIC to JPG reduce the quality?
Not that we could see. At quality 90 our test JPG looked the same as the HEIC. It was a bigger file, 316 KB against 258 KB.
Can I convert several HEIC photos at once?
Yes. A batch or a whole folder is converted together, with the same settings for every photo.
Does the JPG keep the date the photo was taken?
Yes, when Keep EXIF data is ticked, which it is by default. The photos then stay in the right order in your gallery.
Can I convert HEIC to PNG instead?
Yes, by picking PNG as the output format. Our test photo came out almost three times bigger as a PNG, though.
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