HEIC to JPG converter: free, online and private

1. 1Add your HEIC photos. Drop the .heic files anywhere on this page, or press Choose HEIC photos and pick several at once.
2. 2They turn into JPG one by one, in your browser. The first time it takes a few seconds to get the converter ready.
3. 3Download JPG, one by one or all at once. Each file keeps its name with .jpg at the end.

Since iOS 11, the iPhone camera saves photos as HEIC (High Efficiency Image Format) by default. A HEIC photo weighs about half of the same photo as JPG, so more fit on the phone and in iCloud.

The trouble is on Windows. When you copy iPhone photos to a PC, or download them from iCloud, they often arrive as .heic files that Windows doesn't open on its own: the Photos app asks for the HEIF and HEVC extensions from the Microsoft Store (the HEVC one is paid), and many websites, forms and older programs don't accept HEIC at all. JPG opens everywhere.

Two settings on the iPhone avoid HEIC on your PC:

• Settings → Photos → Transfer to Mac or PC → Automatic. When you copy photos with a cable, the iPhone converts them to JPG on the way.
• Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible. New photos are saved as JPG from the start. They take more space on the phone.

For a few photos without a cable, our page to send photos from iPhone to PC hands them over in a format Windows opens, with a 6-character code.

Very little. The JPG keeps the size in pixels and is saved at high quality (92%), so you won't see a difference on screen or in print. It will usually weigh more than the HEIC, because HEIC compresses better.

The photos are converted in your browser. They don't reach our servers unless you choose to save them to Colurus, so you can convert personal photos and documents.

Colurus is a clipboard history in the cloud. Choose a photo or a screenshot on your iPhone and it's on your Windows PC, ready to copy or download. Texts and links too. It works on iPhone, Android and PC, in the browser.