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title: "HEIC to JPG Converter — Private, In-Browser | Compress Pro"
description: "Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG right in your browser — no uploads, no accounts. Batch-convert whole camera rolls, tune quality, download as a ZIP. Free."
canonical: https://compress-pro.com/heic-to-jpg
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# Convert HEIC to JPG.

> iPhone HEIC to JPG in your browser — photos never leave.

Convert iPhone HEIC photos to JPG right here in your browser — not on a server. Drop a whole camera roll, pick a quality, and download everything as a ZIP. **Your photos are never uploaded anywhere.** If you want JPG output but smaller, set a target size like 500 KB and the tool finds the best quality that fits. Free, with no ads and no limit on how many photos you convert.

**No uploads · No ads · Free & open source.**

## How it works

1. Drop files anywhere on the page, click to browse, or paste with Ctrl/⌘ + V.
2. Pick a quality or preset — or set an exact target size and let the tool find it.
3. Compress, compare before/after, and download — individually or as a ZIP.

## Which quality should I pick?

JPG quality is a trade-off dial, not a correctness setting — these are the values that work in practice for a typical 12 MP iPhone photo:

| Use | Quality | Typical size (12 MP) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Web, chat, social | 75–80 | ≈ 0.5–1.5 MB |
| Prints and slideshows | 90 | ≈ 2–4 MB |
| Archival master | 95+ | ≈ 4–8 MB |

## What about Live Photos?

Converting the HEIC gives you the still photo — the full-quality key frame. The motion part of a Live Photo is stored as a separate video file on your phone and is not inside the HEIC, so nothing is silently lost here; the moving version simply stays on your device.

## Metadata is stripped — on purpose

The converter decodes your photo to raw pixels and writes a brand-new JPG, so EXIF metadata — including GPS location, device model and timestamps — does not travel into the output. Orientation is applied to the pixels first, so photos still display the right way up. For photos you are about to share publicly, that is a privacy feature, not a limitation. Want the photo to stay HEIC and only get smaller? [Compress HEIC](https://compress-pro.com/compress-heic) keeps the format; for perfect pixels before editing, [HEIC to PNG](https://compress-pro.com/heic-to-png) is the lossless route.

## Frequently asked questions

### Why won’t HEIC photos open on Windows or Android?

HEIC is Apple’s default camera format, but support elsewhere is patchy because the format requires special licensing. Converting to JPG makes photos open in every app, browser, and upload form.

### Is it safe to convert personal photos here?

Yes. The conversion happens entirely on your device — the image is read, re-encoded and saved without ever touching a network. There is no server-side queue, no temporary copy in some bucket, nothing to expire or leak. Want proof? Run one file through, switch your connection off, and run another — it still works.

### Does HEIC to JPG reduce quality?

Slightly — both formats are lossy, so there is one re-encode. At the default quality 80 the difference is invisible in practice, and you can raise the slider to 90+ for prints.

### Can I convert hundreds of photos at once?

Yes — drop them all, convert in one run, and use Download All to get a single ZIP. Everything is processed in parallel on your own device.

## Related tools

- [Compress HEIC photos](https://compress-pro.com/compress-heic)
- [Compress JPG images](https://compress-pro.com/compress-jpg)
- [Convert JPG to PDF](https://compress-pro.com/jpg-to-pdf)
- [Convert HEIC to PNG](https://compress-pro.com/heic-to-png)

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