Convert HEIF to JPG
HEIF and HEIC are two names tangled around the same technology, and the file extensions are a mess: iPhones write .heic, some Android phones and photo apps write .heif, and several camera brands write .hif. If you’ve got any of these and software that refuses them, this page converts them to plain JPG on your own device.
Technically: HEIF (High Efficiency Image File format) is the container standard, and HEIC is the common case of that container holding an HEVC-compressed photo. This converter doesn’t care which extension the file arrived with — it identifies the actual contents from the file’s bytes and decodes accordingly. Even a HEIC that something renamed to .jpg without converting gets detected and handled properly.
Preset: HEIF/HIF → JPG
Drop HEIC photos here — or click to browse, or paste with Ctrl+V
HEIC · HEIF · AVIF · WebP · JPG · PNG — converted on your device, never uploaded
How it works
- Open this page — the converter is already set for “Convert HEIF to JPG”.
- Drop your photos into the box, click to browse, or paste with Ctrl+V. Batches are fine.
- Your browser decodes and re-encodes each photo on your own device — nothing is uploaded.
- Check the preview and file size on each result card, then download.
HEIF vs HEIC vs HIF — the naming, untangled
HEIF is the standard’s name for the container format. HEIC is the brand used when the image inside is HEVC-coded — which is what Apple devices produce, so “HEIC” became the household word. Cameras from some manufacturers save HEIF stills with a .hif extension. In day-to-day terms all three behave identically: modern, efficient, and unsupported by a frustrating amount of software.
The practical rule: don’t fight the extension, convert the contents. A JPG made from any of them opens on effectively every device, form and app you’ll ever meet.
What happens to quality and metadata
JPG is a lossy format, so the conversion re-encodes the image at the quality you choose — 90% (the default) is visually equivalent to the source for normal viewing. The output contains no EXIF metadata: GPS position, device model and timestamps are stripped as a side effect of re-encoding, which is usually what you want when a photo is about to leave your hands.
Frequently asked questions
Is a .heif file different from a .heic file?
Not meaningfully, for conversion purposes. HEIF is the container standard; HEIC denotes HEVC-compressed content inside it — Apple’s default. This tool reads the actual bytes, so any of .heif, .heic or .hif converts the same way.
My camera saves .hif files. Will they work?
HIF files from cameras are HEIF stills, and those that use HEVC compression — the common case — decode here. If a particular file fails, it may use a different internal codec; the tool will say so honestly rather than produce a broken image.
A website gave me a .heif file my editor won’t open. Why does everything reject this format?
Software must license HEVC patents to decode HEIC/HEIF, so many vendors simply don’t. That’s also why Chrome and Firefox never added support. Converting to JPG sidesteps the whole licensing situation.