How to convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG
Since iOS 11, iPhones and iPads save photos in HEIC, a format that stores the same picture in about half the space of a JPG. The catch: Windows, many websites, email clients and older programs do not understand it. Converting to JPG fixes that in seconds.
Last updated November 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Convert in the browser
- Open the HEIC to JPG tool on any device, including the Windows PC that refused to open the files.
- Drop in one photo or a whole batch. Up to 100 files can be converted at once.
- Leave the quality at the default, which is visually identical to the original, or lower it to get smaller files for the web.
- Download the JPGs one by one or as a single ZIP.
What you keep and what changes
Resolution and orientation are preserved. Photos taken sideways come out the right way up, because the converter reads the orientation flag embedded in the file.
JPG is a lossy format, so the converted file is not pixel-identical to the HEIC, but at the default quality the difference is invisible. File size usually grows, because HEIC is simply the more efficient format.
Live Photos lose their motion part; only the still frame is converted. Burst photos are converted individually.
Stop the problem at the source
If you share photos with Windows users often, you can make the iPhone save JPGs directly: open Settings, then Camera, then Formats, and choose Most Compatible. Photos will take more space on the phone, but every device will open them.
When sending from the Photos app on iPhone, the share sheet also offers an option to send as JPG under Options, which converts on the fly without changing your settings.
Need PNG instead?
For screenshots, graphics with transparency or images that must stay lossless, use the HEIC to PNG tool. Everything else is better off as JPG, which is smaller and universally supported.