Open HEIC and HEIF photos from your iPhone or iPad right here - on Windows, Android, a Chromebook or any browser, with nothing to install. Zoom to the pixel, flip through bursts, read the camera details and save a copy as JPG or PNG. Need lots of JPGs? HEIC to JPG converts a whole folder at once.
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How the file is put together. Click a line to see its bytes below.
Shortcuts: Ctrl + O open, + / - zoom, 0 fit, 1 actual size, R rotate, Page Up / Page Down previous / next image, Esc leaves full screen.
Chrome, Edge and Firefox can not show HEIC on their own. This viewer brings its own decoder, so iPhone photos open on any PC or phone.
HEIC files with several photos get a thumbnail strip - step through them with the arrows or Page Up and Page Down.
Portrait depth maps, segmentation mattes, HDR gain maps and 10-bit colour are found and explained.
Camera, lens, exposure and the place the photo was taken - with a map link and a privacy warning.
Up to 6400% with a pixel grid, a colour picker, a histogram and side-by-side compare.
Save at full resolution with a quality slider and a real file size. More than two files arrive in one ZIP.
Open a whole folder of photos at once, see them as a gallery and save them all as JPG in one go.
Your photos are decoded on your device. Nothing is uploaded, not even the GPS location.
HEIC is the photo format iPhones and iPads have used by default since iOS 11 in 2017.
The name stands for High Efficiency Image Container: a HEIF file whose pictures are compressed with HEVC (H.265), the same codec used for 4K video.
A HEIC photo is often around half the size of a JPEG of similar quality. It can also hold things a JPEG can not - several photos (bursts), a depth map for Portrait mode, transparency and 10-bit colour for HDR.
HEIF (.heif) is the general container, and HEIC (.heic) is HEIF with HEVC inside. This viewer opens both, and HEIF files with AVIF or JPEG images inside as well. For AV1-based photos the AVIF Viewer gives more detail.
The quickest way on any device is this page: drop the photo and it opens in seconds.
If you would rather use the apps you already have, here is what works where.
The Photos app opens HEIC once the free HEIF Image Extensions are installed from the Microsoft Store. Many PCs also need the HEVC Video Extensions, which Microsoft sells for a small fee.
Without them, File Explorer shows no thumbnails and Photos says it can not open the file. Converting to JPG with HEIC to JPG avoids the codecs altogether.
Preview and Photos open HEIC on macOS High Sierra (10.13) and later. Use File, Export in Preview to save a JPG or PNG copy.
HEIC is native, so Photos and Files open it. To shoot JPG instead, go to Settings, Camera, Formats and pick Most Compatible.
Under Settings, Photos, Transfer to Mac or PC, Automatic makes the iPhone send JPGs when you copy photos to a computer.
Android 9 and later can display HEIC, so Google Photos and most gallery apps open it. On older phones, or when an app refuses the file, open it in this viewer in Chrome.
Safari 17 and later show HEIC on their own. Chrome, Edge and Firefox do not - which is why this viewer ships its own decoder that runs inside the page.
Open the photo here, pick JPG, PNG or WebP under the image and press Save.
The size of the finished file is measured before you download, and the Compare view shows the result next to the original.
For many photos at once, the dedicated converters are faster:
These are the usual reasons, and the viewer tells you which one applies.
HEIC is great for storing photos on a phone, but less great for sharing.
| Format | Compression | Transparency | 10-bit / HDR | Several images | Opens everywhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEIC | Lossy (HEVC) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No - Apple first, Windows needs add-ons |
| JPG | Lossy | No | No | No | Yes |
| PNG | Lossless | Yes | 16-bit, rarely HDR | No | Yes |
| AVIF | Lossy or lossless (AV1) | Yes | Yes | Yes (animation) | All modern browsers |
Keep the HEIC originals for your archive and share JPG copies. Opening other formats? Browse all file viewers - the WebP Viewer and EXIF Viewer are popular next stops.
Drop the .heic file anywhere on this page, click to browse, or paste it. The photo appears in a second or two and never leaves your device.
It works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and Chromebooks.
Install the free HEIF Image Extensions from the Microsoft Store - many PCs also need the paid HEVC Video Extensions - and Photos will open them.
Or skip the codecs: open the photo on this page, or convert it with HEIC to JPG.
Open the photo here, choose JPG under the image, set the quality and press Save. The real file size is shown before you download.
For many photos at once, use HEIC to JPG.
Usually Windows is missing the HEIF and HEVC codecs, the file was cut off during a transfer, or it is not really a HEIC (a renamed JPG, or the MOV half of a Live Photo).
This viewer needs no codecs and names the exact problem. Still stuck? Contact us and we will take a look.
Yes. When a HEIC file holds several photos, each one gets a thumbnail under the image. Click one or use Page Up and Page Down.
Save the current photo, or all of them at once from the More menu.
If the iPhone had location turned on, the GPS position is stored in the photo. The Info view shows it with a map link, and Tags lists every EXIF value.
JPG and PNG copies saved from this page do not include the location.
HEIF is the container format; HEIC is a HEIF file whose images are compressed with HEVC, which is what iPhones save.
The two extensions are often used for the same kind of file, and this viewer opens both.
No. The photos are decoded by your own browser with a decoder that is part of this page.
Nothing is sent to a server, so private photos and their locations stay on your device.
