Convert HEIC to JPG in Any Browser

What HEIC is, and why Windows won’t open it

HEIC is the file type iPhones and iPads use for photos by default. It’s a form of HEIF, a format that keeps photos small: Apple says HEIF and HEVC media “use less storage space on your devices and iCloud Photos, while preserving the same visual quality” (Apple Support, checked November 3, 2026).

The trouble starts when the photo leaves the iPhone. Many upload forms, apps and older programs take only JPG or PNG. Windows needs extra pieces to show HEIC: Microsoft’s own help page says the Photos app needs “HEIF Image Extensions” (free) and “HEVC Video Extensions” (paid) from the Microsoft Store, and adds, “You’ll need both, even if you only plan on using photos and not videos.” (Microsoft Support, checked November 3, 2026). Chrome, Edge and Firefox can’t show HEIC on their own either.

Converting to JPG solves it once: the JPG opens on every computer and phone, and almost every site takes it.

HEIC to JPG on Windows, Android and Chrome

This page works the same everywhere, with nothing to install. Open it in your browser, drop the HEIC photos on the editor, and download JPGs.

• Windows: use Chrome, Edge or Firefox. The page loads libheif, an open-source HEIC decoder, into the browser tab. You don’t need the Store extensions to convert here.
• Android and Chromebooks: the same decoder runs in Chrome. Handy when someone sends you iPhone photos that your phone won’t show.
• Mac, iPhone and iPad: Safari opens HEIC itself.

On every one of them, the photo is decoded and saved on your device, never uploaded.

Microsoft also lists ways around the extensions: transfer or email the photos from the phone (many phones convert them on the way), or use OneDrive. This page is for when the HEIC files are already on your computer.

Stop your iPhone making HEIC

If you’d rather get JPGs straight from the camera, Apple gives the setting on its support page (Apple Support, published December 5, 2025, checked November 3, 2026):

Open Settings, then tap Camera. Tap Formats, then tap Most Compatible.

Apple adds: “All new photos and videos will now use JPEG or H.264 format.” Photos you already took stay HEIC. The JPGs take more space on the phone.

Apple also says that when you import photos from an attached iPhone or iPad “into Photos, Image Capture, or a PC”, they “might be converted to JPEG” on the way. If your photos still arrive on the computer as HEIC, check Settings > Apps > Photos: with Keep Originals on, they are copied as HEIC.

Many photos at once

Choose or drop up to 50 HEIC files together. They open as a list, with one set of settings for all of them. JPG is already picked; press Apply to all, and the photos are converted in your browser one after another. Each one shows its new file size.

Then download the JPGs one by one, or press Download all as ZIP to get them in one file. Each file keeps its name plus its pixel size (IMG_1234.HEIC becomes IMG_1234-4032x3024.jpg), and duplicate names are numbered. For more than 50 photos, convert them in rounds.

The same list can also set a long edge on the Resize tab (smaller photos keep their size) or a limit such as 1 MB under Compress to at most. A big batch stays in the browser’s memory until you close the page, so on a phone, smaller rounds work better.

JPG, PNG or WebP after HEIC

• JPG for almost everything: sharing, email, forms, marketplaces and older programs. It is lossy, but at 85–90% quality a photo usually looks the same. To hit a size limit, use Compress Image.
• PNG only when a site asks for it. It keeps every pixel of the decoded photo, so the file is large, often several times the size of a JPG.
• WebP for the smallest files, if the site you upload to accepts it. Not every site does, so check first.

Need a different pixel size, for example 2048 px on the long edge? Use Resize Image. For other formats, such as WebP to JPG or PNG to JPG, use Convert Image; it has the same editor and the same batch mode.