Will the photo quality drop?

HEIC and JPG are both lossy, so a conversion re-encodes the image once. At quality 90 the difference is not visible; the JPG will be roughly 1.5–2× the size of the HEIC.

Does it keep the date taken and location?

No. The converted JPG contains only the image — camera metadata such as date, model and GPS location is not carried over, which also means you can share the file without revealing where it was taken. The photo’s orientation is applied to the pixels so it displays upright.

Can I convert many photos at once?

Yes. Drop a whole folder; each file is converted in turn and you can download all of them as a ZIP.

How do I stop my iPhone from shooting HEIC?

Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible switches the camera to JPG. Existing photos stay HEIC until converted.

Image Converters

HEIC to JPG

Name: HEIC to JPG
Author: Miikka

Drop HEIC photos from your iPhone and get JPGs for Windows, Android, websites and forms. Works on any device, no app to install.

By Miikka · CalcBrew · Updated Sep 16, 2026

Runs in your browser — files never leave your device.

Drop HEIC files here

or click to browse · paste from clipboard · up to 100 MB each

Select files

Options

Quality

Higher quality means a larger file. 80–90 is invisible in most photos.

Why convert HEIC to JPG

iPhones shoot HEIC by default because it halves storage use, but Windows needs a paid codec to open it, most web upload forms reject it, and older Android phones cannot display it. JPG is the format the rest of the world expects.

The HEIC file is decoded with a WebAssembly decoder inside the page, orientation and color profile are applied, and the pixels are encoded as JPEG at the quality you choose. Nothing is uploaded, so hundreds of holiday photos convert as fast as your device allows.

HEIC vs JPG at a glance: HEIC uses HEVC compression and is roughly half the size at the same quality, supports 10-bit color, transparency and Live Photos, but opens natively only on Apple devices and on Windows with the paid HEVC extension. JPG is larger and limited to 8-bit color, yet every browser, printer, photo lab, government form and social network has accepted it for thirty years. Convert to JPG when a file must open everywhere; keep the HEIC original for editing and archiving.

How to convert HEIC to JPG

Drop HEIC file onto the box above, click it to browse, or paste from the clipboard.
Adjust the options if you need to — the defaults suit most cases.
Press Convert. The work happens on your device, so speed depends on your computer or phone.
Download the JPG — individually or all at once.

About the formats

HEIC · High Efficiency Image Container · .heic

The default photo format on iPhone and iPad since iOS 11: about half the size of JPG at the same quality, but poorly supported outside Apple devices.

HEIC stores images with the HEVC (H.265) codec; a container can hold several images, such as a Live Photo or burst.
Windows needs a paid HEVC extension to open HEIC files, and many websites and forms refuse them.
iPhone can be set to shoot JPG instead: Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible.

JPG · JPEG image · .jpg

The universal photo format: small files, supported by every device, camera and website, but no transparency and slight quality loss on each save.

JPEG compression discards fine detail the eye rarely notices; quality 80–90 is usually indistinguishable from the original at a fraction of the size.
Re-saving a JPG repeatedly adds generation loss, so keep an original and export copies.
JPG has no alpha channel — transparent areas become white or black when converted from PNG.

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APACalcBrew. (2026). HEIC to JPG. https://calcbrew.com/heic-to-jpg

MLA“HEIC to JPG.” CalcBrew, 2026, calcbrew.com/heic-to-jpg.

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