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How to convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG

Quick answer

Open DO101 HEIC to JPG, drop in the .heic photos — as many as you like — and download them as ordinary JPGs that open everywhere. The conversion uses a WebAssembly build of libheif inside your browser, so your photos are never uploaded. To stop your iPhone creating HEIC files at all, choose Settings › Camera › Formats › Most Compatible.

Open the HEIC to JPG — free

Step by step

  1. 1Open HEIC to JPG.
  2. 2Drop in your .heic photos, or choose them from your files.
  3. 3Wait for each one to convert — sizes before and after are shown.
  4. 4Download the JPGs.

Why iPhone photos will not open

Since iOS 11, iPhones save photos as HEIC, which takes roughly half the space of a JPG at the same quality. Apple devices read it natively; Windows needs an extra codec, many Android phones and most websites' upload forms refuse it entirely.

Converting keeps the quality

Both formats are lossy, so re-encoding costs a sliver of quality, but DO101 deliberately converts at a high setting where the difference is invisible on screen. The JPG will be larger than the HEIC — that is the space HEIC was saving.

Avoiding HEIC in the first place

Settings › Camera › Formats › Most Compatible makes the camera shoot JPG, at the cost of larger files. Alternatively, Settings › Photos › Transfer to Mac or PC › Automatic converts photos to JPG when you copy them to a computer over a cable. Neither changes photos you have already taken — those still need converting.

Sending the converted photos

A converted iPhone photo is often 3 to 6 MB as a JPG. If a form or email will not take it, run it through the Image Compressor next, which can hit a target size in kilobytes. Your photo's date and location data may or may not survive conversion, so do not rely on the JPG to keep them.

Frequently asked questions

Can I convert on the iPhone itself?

Yes. Open the page in Safari, choose the photos from your library, and save the JPGs to Files.

I need PNG, not JPG.

Use HEIC to PNG. PNG files are larger but lossless.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. The decoder runs inside the page, so your camera roll stays on your device.

The tool for the job

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Convert iPhone HEIC photos into JPGs anything can open.