HEIC to JPG Converter

iPhone photos save as HEIC by default. Almost nothing outside Apple can open them — convert to JPG for universal compatibility.

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Why convert HEIC to JPG?

HEIC has been the default photo format on iPhones since iOS 11 in 2017. It is meaningfully more efficient than JPG at the same visual quality — measured properly, about a third smaller — which is why Apple made the switch. The problem is that HEIC works perfectly inside the Apple ecosystem and almost nowhere else: Windows, most Android phones, older photo editors, many websites, email clients, and printing services all reject HEIC files.

JPG is the universal photo format. Every device, every browser, every app, and every printing service in the world supports it. Converting HEIC to JPG is one of the most common tasks for iPhone owners who need to share photos with non-Apple users or upload them to services that don't accept HEIC.

The conversion keeps your image dimensions exactly. There is one round of JPG encoding involved, which is invisible on photographs at a sensible quality setting, and the file gets larger.

About HEIC

HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is Apple's default image format on modern iPhones. It uses the HEVC compression codec, which is why your phone can store a photo in noticeably less space than the JPG it hands you when you share it (see the measurement below). It also supports advanced features like Live Photos and depth maps that aren't possible in JPG.

About JPG

JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) has been the universal photo format since 1992. It's supported by every operating system, every browser, every photo editor, and every social media and messaging platform — making it the safe choice when you need a photo to work everywhere.

Quality and file size

A desktop browser refusing to display a HEIC file, reporting that it has no decoder for the format — Why this page exists. Most browsers and a good deal of desktop software cannot decode HEIC at all — a licensing problem rather than a technical one. The longer story.

JPG output is visually identical to the source HEIC. The output file will be larger — usually about twice the size — because JPG's compression is less efficient than HEIC's. EXIF metadata (date, GPS, camera info) is preserved during conversion.

Expect your file to get bigger. One 3072 × 4080 photo, 1,295 KB as the camera saved it, came out as a 1,948 KB JPG at quality 90 — about 1.5× larger. That is the trade this conversion makes, not a controlled comparison between the two formats: the camera chose the HEIC settings and this tool chose the JPG quality.

Same photo · 3072 × 4080 JPG ×1.5

HEIC wins on efficiency and loses on compatibility, which is the entire reason this page exists. Worth being clear about what this chart is: four encodings of one photo at the settings each tool actually used, not the same image quality held constant across four formats. It shows what you get, not which codec is best.

How these figures were measured →

Filesmith runs entirely in your browser using WebAssembly. Files are never uploaded to any server — conversion happens locally on your device, instantly and privately.

Stop your iPhone shooting HEIC in the first place

If you convert HEIC files constantly, the better fix is upstream — tell the phone to capture JPG instead, and the problem stops recurring:

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Open Settings › Camera › Formats On any iPhone running iOS 11 or later.
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Switch from "High Efficiency" to "Most Compatible" Every photo taken from that point on saves as JPG.

The trade is storage: JPGs take up more room on the phone, which is the whole reason Apple defaults to HEIC. If you shoot a lot and your storage is tight, leaving High Efficiency on and converting the handful of photos you actually need to share is the better arrangement.

Note

Changing this setting does nothing to the photos already in your library — those stay HEIC. It only affects new ones. There is also a separate transfer setting: in Settings › Photos, "Automatic" converts HEIC to JPG when you move photos to a PC, while "Keep Originals" hands over the HEIC untouched.

Accepts: JPG, PNG, WEBP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, TIFF, SVG, PDF

Frequently asked

Will my photo lose quality?

Visually, no. The conversion preserves the image at JPG's standard quality settings, which is indistinguishable from the original on virtually all photos.

Why is the JPG bigger than the HEIC?

HEIC uses a more modern compression method (HEVC) that produces smaller files than JPG at the same quality. JPG needs roughly twice as many bytes to store the same picture.

Will EXIF data like date and GPS be kept?

Yes. Filesmith preserves EXIF metadata during conversion so date taken, camera info, and location stay intact. If you want to strip that data for privacy, use the EXIF Stripper tool afterward.