Convert iPhone Photos to JPG Online
Every iPhone since the 6s saves photos as HEIC files. They look fine on your Mac or iPad, but the moment you try to email one to someone on Windows, upload it to a form that only takes JPG, or open it in an older image editor, it just… doesn’t work.
Drop your iPhone photo below. Your browser converts it to JPG right here. The photo never leaves your computer.
HEIC photos from iPhones and iPads embed GPS coordinates, camera details, and timestamps. DropFormat strips all metadata during conversion. Your output file contains only pixel data.
Why iPhones use HEIC instead of JPG
Apple switched the default camera format to HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) in iOS 11. HEIC compresses photos to about half the size of an equivalent JPG without losing visible quality. For a phone that takes thousands of photos, the storage savings add up fast.
The problem is that HEIC is an Apple-first format. Windows needs an extra codec to open it. Many websites, email services, and older apps reject it entirely. Most people don’t know their photos are HEIC until they try to use one outside the Apple ecosystem.
Can’t I just change the iPhone camera setting?
Yes. Settings > Camera > Formats > Most Compatible forces the camera to shoot JPG. But that doubles your storage usage per photo, and it doesn’t help with the thousands of HEIC files you already have.
You can also turn on “Automatic” under Settings > Photos > Transfer to Mac or PC, which converts to JPG when you AirDrop or cable-transfer. But that doesn’t cover every sharing method (email attachments, iCloud links, uploads to web forms), and it only works when transferring to another device.
Why we don’t upload your photos
Most “free HEIC converters” send your photo to a server, convert it there, and send back the result. The server keeps a copy, or claims it doesn’t but can’t prove it.
iPhone photos carry GPS coordinates, timestamps, and device information in their metadata. Uploading a family photo to a random conversion server hands all of that to whoever runs it.
This converter runs in your browser tab using WebAssembly. The photo bytes never touch our server. Open your browser’s DevTools and watch the Network tab while you convert if you want proof.
Need PNG instead?
If you need a lossless format (for editing, printing, or preserving transparency), use the HEIC to PNG converter instead. PNG files are larger than JPG but don’t lose any quality in the conversion.