HEIC to JPG Converter

Quick answer

HEIC to JPG Converter is free and runs entirely in your web browser at https://aimstudio.co.in/freetools/heic-to-jpg — your file is processed on your own device and is never uploaded to a server. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no file-size cap imposed by us; the practical limit is your device's memory. It works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android.

Easily batch convert Apple iPhone HEIC and HEIF image files to standard JPG or PNG format directly inside your browser. No files are ever sent to any remote server.

Why Windows will not open HEIC files

HEIC is the format an iPhone uses by default. It stores the same photo in roughly half the space of a JPG, which is why Apple moved to it. The catch is that Windows does not decode it out of the box. Windows 10 and 11 ship without the codec, so File Explorer shows a blank thumbnail and Photos throws an error asking you to buy the HEVC Video Extensions from the Microsoft Store.

You do not need that purchase to see your own photos. Converting HEIC to JPG gives you a file every version of Windows, Office, and every website already understands. This page does the conversion in your browser using WebAssembly, so it behaves the same on Windows 7, 10 and 11 — there is nothing to install and no codec to buy.

Converting a whole folder at once

A phone export is rarely one photo. Drag the entire folder onto the drop zone and every HEIC inside is queued together — there is no per-file step and no cap on how many you add. Each image is decoded, re-encoded to JPG, and added to a single download.

Because the work happens on your own machine, speed depends on your CPU rather than an upload queue. A few hundred photos from a recent iPhone typically finish in well under a minute on an ordinary laptop, and nothing is waiting on a server.

What about VLC, Paint, or the Photos app?

VLC can open a HEIC file but it is a video player — it has no batch image export, so you would be doing one file at a time through a screenshot workflow that loses quality. Paint and Photos need the same paid Microsoft Store codec before they can read the file at all.

Dedicated converters exist, but most upload your photos to their servers to do the work. That is the part worth thinking about: holiday photos, documents, pictures of children. This tool never transmits the file. The conversion runs inside the browser tab and the image never leaves your device.

AAE files, Live Photos and what gets lost

If you copied photos off an iPhone you may also see .AAE files sitting alongside them. Those are not images — they are small XML sidecars describing edits you made in the Photos app, like a crop or a filter. They cannot be converted to JPG because they contain no picture data. The HEIC next to them already holds the original, unedited image.

A Live Photo exports as a HEIC plus a short MOV. Only the still frame converts here; the motion clip stays as a separate video file.

HEIC and HEIF are both handled — HEIF is the container, HEIC is Apple's HEVC-encoded flavour of it

Output can be JPG or PNG; choose PNG only if you need lossless, since it produces much larger files for photos

EXIF metadata, including the GPS coordinates where the photo was taken, is stripped during conversion

Original files are untouched — converting produces new JPGs and leaves your HEICs where they are

This tool runs entirely inside your browser. The file you select is read into local memory, processed on your own device, and never sent to a server.

Available free in the United Kingdom, United States, Ireland, Canada, Australia and across the EU. Because files are processed in your own browser and never uploaded, no personal data crosses a border, which keeps use consistent with UK GDPR, EU GDPR and CCPA/CPRA expectations.

Frequently asked questions

Are my iPhone HEIC photos uploaded to a server?

No. Every single image is converted locally on your device using WebAssembly and client-side HTML Canvas decoding. No data leaves your machine.

Can I batch convert multiple HEIC files at once?

Yes! You can drop dozens of HEIC files at once. You can download converted images individually or download all of them together in a compressed ZIP file.

Will converting HEIC to JPG lose photo metadata or EXIF?

You can adjust output JPEG compression quality from 1% to 100% to control the visual quality and file size.

Does this HEIC converter work on Windows, Mac, and Mobile?

Yes, it works smoothly in any modern Web browser including Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, iOS, and Android without installing any software.