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HEIC to PNG Converter

Turn iPhone HEIC photos into PNG files that open anywhere, with no compression loss on the way out. Converts inside your browser, so nothing is uploaded and there is no watermark or file limit.

Choose your photos?HEIC and HEIF files from an iPhone or iPad. Nothing is uploaded — decoding happens on this device using WebAssembly. You can also paste an image from the clipboard.

Drop as many as you like. They are converted one at a time so your device stays responsive.

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Applies to every file in the list.

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Your photos never leave this device. There is no upload, no account and no watermark.

How to use it

No account, no upload, no install.

1

Drop your HEIC files

Straight off the phone, out of a folder, or pasted from the clipboard. Batches are fine, and .heif files work the same way.

2

PNG is already selected

Nothing to configure. Switch the format box if you decide you want JPG or WebP instead.

3

Convert and save

Each file is decoded with libheif inside this tab and saved to your downloads. The originals are untouched.

When PNG is the right choice for a HEIC photo

HEIC exists because Apple needed to store a 12-megapixel photo in half the space a JPG would take. It succeeded, and that is exactly why the format travels so badly: outside the Apple ecosystem, plenty of software still has no idea what to do with the file. Converting is not a downgrade, it is a compatibility decision.

Reach for PNG when the picture is going to be worked on again. PNG is lossless, so cropping it, annotating it, saving it, and reopening it a dozen times costs nothing in quality. It is the right target for a screenshot, a product shot that a designer will cut out, a document photo that will be sharpened, or anything destined for a transparent background.

Reach for JPG instead when the photo is finished and simply needs to go somewhere — email, a web form, a shared drive, a print service. A PNG of an ordinary photograph is routinely five to ten times the size of the equivalent JPG while looking identical, and that difference stops being academic the moment you are attaching thirty of them.

One thing worth knowing either way: the conversion writes fresh pixels with no metadata block attached, so GPS coordinates and camera details do not survive the trip. That is usually what you want. If you would rather see what the original was carrying before you decide, the EXIF viewer will show you every field.

Questions

How do I convert HEIC to PNG?
Drop the .heic files above and press Convert. PNG is preselected, so there is nothing else to set. Decoding happens in this tab with libheif compiled to WebAssembly, so the photos never leave your device.
Should I convert HEIC to PNG or JPG?
PNG when the image will be edited again, screenshotted, or placed on a transparent background, because PNG is lossless and re-saving never degrades it further. JPG when the file is going to be emailed, uploaded or stored in bulk, because a PNG of a photograph is often five to ten times larger than the JPG for no visible gain.
Does converting HEIC to PNG lose quality?
The PNG itself is lossless, so nothing is lost in the second step. The detail HEIC discarded when the photo was first compressed is gone for good and no converter can bring it back. In practice a PNG made this way is visually identical to the HEIC on screen.
Why is my PNG so much bigger than the HEIC?
HEIC uses modern video-style compression and PNG uses lossless compression designed for graphics. A 2 MB HEIC photo routinely becomes a 12 MB PNG. That is expected rather than a fault. Choose JPG or WebP if size matters more than losslessness.
How do I open HEIC on Windows without paying?
Windows 10 and 11 need the HEIF Image Extensions codec from the Microsoft Store, which is a paid item. This page decodes HEIC itself, so you can convert to PNG without buying it and without installing anything.
Does the PNG keep my photo location?
No. The decode path writes fresh pixel data with no EXIF block, so GPS coordinates, camera model and timestamps are dropped. To inspect what an original is carrying before you share it, use Remove EXIF Data.

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