pdf24 HEIC to JPG: iPhone photos as JPG files that open everywhere

What does pdf24 HEIC to JPG do with an iPhone photo?

pdf24 HEIC to JPG decodes the HEIC photo in your browser with the open-source heic2any library and saves the pixels as a new JPEG at the quality you choose. The pixel size stays exactly the same, 1200 × 900 in our test, and the result opens on Windows, Android, older Macs and every website.

HEIC stores photos with HEVC compression, which needs less space than JPEG for the same look. That is why the JPG is bigger: 21.1 KB of HEIC became 37.4 KB of JPEG at 88 %. The look of the photo does not change in a visible way at that quality.

“Such files require less storage space than the equivalent-quality JPEG files of the same images.”

Does pdf24 HEIC to JPG remove the photo's EXIF and GPS data?

pdf24 HEIC to JPG writes a completely new JPEG from the decoded pixels, so the result carries no EXIF data: no GPS position, no date taken, no camera model. We checked our output with an image library and found no EXIF block. The visible photo itself is unchanged.

For privacy this is a plus: a photo of a flat for rent or an item for sale does not reveal where it was taken. If you rely on the date or location, for example to sort an archive, keep the original HEIC files as well. HDR and 10-bit colour are reduced to standard 8-bit colour, which is what JPEG holds.

The file name stays recognisable: IMG_1234.heic becomes IMG_1234.jpg, so photos keep their order when sorted by name. Colour is kept as the browser displays it, and the JPEG uses the standard sRGB colour space that every program understands. Check one converted photo next to the original on your screen before deleting anything; with pdf24 HEIC to JPG, what you see in the browser preview of the original is what ends up in the new file, pixel for pixel, apart from the JPEG compression you selected for it.

Is pdf24 HEIC to JPG private?

pdf24 HEIC to JPG is private because the photos are never uploaded. The browser reads them with the File API, the HEIC decoder runs as JavaScript in the page, and the JPEG is made with the browser's own canvas encoder. The result line shows 0 bytes uploaded, and the tool works offline once loaded.

• No account, no watermark, no app or codec to install.
• Nothing is stored; closing the tab clears the photos from memory.
• Need lossless files for editing? Use HEIC to PNG.
• Need one document? HEIC to PDF puts the photos on PDF pages.

pdf24 HEIC to JPG on iPhone and Mac

Apple devices can use the converter in Safari, Chrome or Firefox.

On an iPhone, Safari's photo picker may already hand over a JPEG copy instead of the HEIC original. To convert the real HEIC, save it to Files first and choose it there. On a Mac, Preview can export JPG one by one; the browser converter is quicker for batches and gives you one ZIP file with every photo already converted.

iPhones have saved photos as HEIC by default since iOS 11, released in 2017. The format keeps the same visible quality in less space, which matters on a phone with thousands of pictures. The trouble starts when the photo leaves Apple devices: many web forms, print shops, older Windows PCs and office programs still expect JPG. Converting at the moment you share keeps the space savings on your phone and gives everyone else a file they can open.