Convert HEIF photos from Android phones and cameras to JPG, PNG, WebP or PDF, then view and clean them for sharing.
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CONVERT FROM HEIF
Turn HEIF photos into JPGs that open anywhere
Convert HEIF photos to lossless PNG
Convert HEIF photos to small, web-ready WebP
Combine HEIF photos into a single PDF
HEIF UTILITIES
Open and view HEIF files on any device
Shrink iPhone HEIC photos for easy sharing
PREPARE THE CONVERTED PHOTO
HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format) is the modern image standard a lot of Android phones, Samsung devices, Canon cameras and professional photography workflows now save in. It stores a photo in roughly half the space of an equivalent JPG, which is great for your storage, right up until you hit a website, upload form, Windows app or printer that will not accept the file.
These converters turn HEIF photos into formats that work everywhere: JPG for maximum compatibility, PNG when you need lossless quality, WebP for the web, and PDF for documents. You can also open a file in the HEIF Viewer to check it first. Everything runs locally in your browser, so your photos never leave your device.
| Convert to | File size | Transparency | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPG | Small | No | Sharing anywhere: upload forms, email, older apps and photo printers |
| PNG | Largest | Yes | Lossless quality for editing, graphics work and screenshots |
| WebP | Smallest | Yes | Websites and blogs where loading speed matters most |
| Medium | No | Receipts, IDs and photos that need to travel as a document |
HEIF, short for High Efficiency Image Format, is a modern image container that stores photos using the same HEVC compression behind 4K video. The result is efficiency: a HEIF photo takes about half the space of an equivalent JPG at the same visual quality, with support for 10-bit colour, transparency and several images in one file. Files usually carry a .heif or .heic extension.
If you have run into HEIF, it is probably because your Android phone, Samsung device or Canon camera saved a photo in it, or because someone sent you one. The format is excellent for storage and quality, but support outside modern phones and editors is still patchy, which is where converting comes in.
This trips a lot of people up, so here is the short version: HEIF is the general standard, and HEIC is Apple's specific implementation of it using HEVC compression. An iPhone saves .heic files; many Android phones and cameras save .heif files; under the hood they are the same family of image. In everyday use the two extensions are interchangeable, and every tool on this page accepts both.
So if you have iPhone photos with a .heic extension, the HEIC Converters page is tuned for those, but these HEIF tools will open them just as happily. Pick whichever matches the extension you are actually looking at.
JPG has been the universal photo format for decades, so a converted copy opens essentially everywhere: old software, new web forms, print shops, email and every operating system. When a site or app rejects your HEIF photo, converting to JPG is almost always the fastest fix, and the conversion here happens locally so your photos stay private.
Keep the original HEIF as your master copy. Converting is a one-way street quality-wise, so always convert from the original file rather than re-converting an already-converted photo, and you will never lose detail you cannot get back.
Windows can be stubborn about HEIF. Recent versions only open the files after installing HEVC video extensions, which Microsoft charges for on many machines, and older Windows versions cannot open them at all. That is why HEIF photos so often land on a PC as files nothing will open.
The quickest fix is the HEIF Viewer, which decodes the photo right in your browser on any operating system, no codecs needed. For a permanent fix, convert the photos to JPG or PNG once and they will open in every app, editor and viewer you have.
HEIF (High Efficiency Image Format) is a modern image container that stores photos at roughly half the size of a JPG using HEVC compression. Many Android phones and cameras save in it, and it supports 10-bit colour, transparency and multiple images per file.
HEIF is the general image standard and HEIC is Apple's version of it. iPhones save .heic files while many Android phones and cameras save .heif, but they are the same kind of image and these tools accept both.
Open the HEIF to JPG converter, drop in your HEIF photos, and download the JPG copies. Everything happens locally in your browser, so there is no upload, no signup and no watermark.
Use the HEIF Viewer to open it right in your browser on any device, or convert it to JPG or PNG once so it opens in every app permanently. No codecs or extensions are needed either way.
For quality and storage, yes: HEIF keeps the same photo in about half the space with more colour depth. For compatibility, JPEG still wins because it opens everywhere. A good habit is to keep HEIF as the master copy and share JPEG copies.
Many modern Android phones including Samsung Galaxy models, Canon cameras and professional photography workflows save HEIF, and Apple devices save the closely related HEIC. The format is becoming the default for high-efficiency photo storage.
Converting to PNG is lossless. Converting to JPG or WebP involves a re-encode, but at normal quality settings the difference is not visible. Always convert from the original HEIF rather than from an already-converted copy.
No. HEIF decoding and conversion run locally in your browser using WebAssembly, so your photos never leave your device, and there are no server-side size caps or daily limits.