HEIC to JPG or PDF — iPhone photos, decoded on your device
Updated 28 August 2026
HEIC Converter decodes iPhone .heic photos in your browser — the decoder arrives once as about 1 MB of program code and the photos are never sent anywhere — and returns JPG or PNG (a ZIP for batches) or one PDF. The picture's own rotation is applied; EXIF, including any GPS position, capture dates and colour profiles, is not carried into the output.
Convert HEIC iPhone photos to JPG, PNG or one PDF in your browser: decoded on your device, rotation applied, EXIF and GPS not carried into the output.
UnboundPDF is a free suite of 48 PDF and image tools that run entirely in your browser — merge, split, compress, edit text, OCR in 126 languages, redact, sign, convert and archive to PDF/A. Your document is read and written by the page on your own device; there is no document-upload endpoint in the core tools, no account, no watermark and no daily cap. Every result can be checked — with the Network tab, or with the Document Passport the Workspace writes for a chain of steps.
- Open HEIC Converter and add the .heic photos — one or a batch.
- Pick JPG (choose the quality), PNG, or one PDF with a photo per page.
- Download — a ZIP for batches — and check one photo.
Open HEIC Converter and add the photos. First use fetches the decoder — about 1 MB of program code, cached after — and the photos themselves are never sent anywhere.
The problem in one sentence
Portals, office PCs and web forms want JPG; your phone shoots HEIC. The old fixes were emailing photos to yourself or trusting an upload site with a camera roll whose EXIF often records exactly where you stood. Decoding on your own device removes both indignities.
Three outputs, one decision
JPG for universality, PNG for exact pixels, or one PDF when the photos are pages of a document — that path hands the decoded images to the same flow JPG to PDF uses. Batches come back as a ZIP.
What travels and what stays behind
Pixels and orientation travel. Metadata does not: no EXIF, no GPS, no capture timestamps in the output — stated in the tool, and for photos headed to strangers, a feature. If the result must shrink further, compress the PDF or pick a lower JPG quality.
Frequently asked questions
Why do my iPhone photos not open anywhere?
iPhones shoot HEIC by default — smaller files, patchy support elsewhere. Converting to JPG makes them universal.
Is my photo's location data in the converted file?
No — EXIF, including any GPS position, is not carried over, and the tool says so. The picture's own rotation IS applied.
What about Live Photos and bursts?
HEIC has variants. A file the decoder cannot read is named rather than failing quietly, and a container holding several pictures converts its primary one — the result says so.