Convert iPhone HEIC/HEIF photos to JPEG. Free, instant, 100% local.
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Choose a fileFusionPDF converts HEIC and HEIF photos to JPEG in your browser using the heic2any library. Apple introduced HEIC as the default iPhone capture format in iOS 11 (2017). HEIC files are roughly 50% smaller than JPEG at equal visual quality, but the format is not natively supported on Windows 10 without a paid codec, is rejected by most web upload forms, and won't open in many third-party apps.
The conversion runs entirely on your device. No photo ever reaches a server. Each converted file downloads immediately as a standard .jpg with its original filename.
Drop one or more HEIC or HEIF files into the upload area, or click to open the file picker. The tool accepts multiple files at once. Set the quality slider to your preference, then click "Convert to JPG." Each photo downloads individually as a .jpg file. The whole process takes a few seconds per file and requires no account or installation.
Files are processed one at a time in the order you selected them. A preview of the first converted photo appears on screen after conversion. If any file fails (for example, a file with a .heic extension that is actually a different format), the tool reports the error and continues with the remaining files.
Apple switched from JPEG to HEIC in iOS 11 because the HEIF container, backed by the H.265/HEVC video codec, achieves roughly half the file size of JPEG at equivalent visual quality. A typical iPhone portrait photograph is 2-3 MB as HEIC versus 5-6 MB as JPEG. On a phone with thousands of photos, that difference adds up to gigabytes of storage.
The problem is compatibility. HEIC is proprietary in practice: Windows 10 requires a paid HEVC Video Extensions codec from the Microsoft Store to open HEIC files natively. Most web forms that accept photos validate against a list of MIME types and reject image/heic. Android devices do not support HEIC natively. Older image editors (Photoshop versions before CC 2018, GIMP before 2.10.14) have no HEIC support at all. JPG is the universal format that opens everywhere, always, without any extra software.
JPEG uses lossy compression: the quality slider controls how much detail is discarded during encoding. Higher values preserve more detail but produce larger files. The default 90% setting produces output that is visually indistinguishable from the original HEIC for virtually all uses, including home printing up to A4 size.
A good default for everyday sharing is 80%. For photos you plan to print or keep long term, stay at 85% or above. Quality below 70% is rarely worth the tradeoff unless you need very small files for a specific technical reason.
You can select as many HEIC files as you need in a single session. Each file converts and downloads independently, so your downloads folder receives individual .jpg files rather than a ZIP archive. This is intentional: most upload forms and gallery apps expect individual image files, not a compressed archive.
File names are preserved with only the extension changed. A file named IMG_4721.HEIC downloads as IMG_4721.jpg. If you need to package multiple JPGs into a single PDF for sending or printing, use the Image to PDF tool after conversion.
The right format depends entirely on what you need to do with the photo. HEIC is the better choice for on-device storage if your device supports it: you get half the file size with no visible quality penalty, which means more photos per gigabyte. Keep your originals in HEIC if your workflow stays within Apple devices.
Convert to JPG when sharing photos outside the Apple ecosystem, uploading to websites or social platforms, attaching to email for recipients on Windows or Android, submitting to forms that require JPEG, or using photos in software that doesn't support HEIC. JPG is the safe, universal choice for any situation where compatibility is uncertain. For turning converted photos into a printable or shareable document, combine them with the Image to PDF tool.