Why is the result a JPEG and not a HEIC?

Browsers cannot write HEIC files, and only Safari can read them natively. The photo is decoded in your browser with a WebAssembly HEIC decoder and saved as a JPEG, which opens on every phone, computer and website.

Are my HEIC files uploaded to a server?

No. Your file is read into browser memory, processed on your own device, and released when you close the tab. Nothing is transmitted, stored, or logged at any stage.

Which browsers does this work in?

Current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. The HEIC decoder (about 2 MB) loads the first time you open a photo. Multi-image HEIC containers such as some burst and Live Photo exports are not supported.

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This tool decodes your iPhone HEIC photo in the browser and saves it as a JPEG at the quality you choose, dropping EXIF and GPS data. HEIC is already an efficient format, so the JPEG is only smaller at moderate quality settings; if it would be larger than your HEIC, you get the original back instead.

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How HEIC Compression Works Here

The HEIC photo is decoded in your browser and re-encoded as JPEG at the quality you set (default 80%).
HEIC usually stores a photo in about half the space of an equally good JPEG. A JPEG at high quality can therefore be larger than your HEIC; in that case you get your HEIC back unchanged and the page says so.
Location and camera metadata (EXIF, GPS) are not copied into the JPEG.
To shrink a photo further, reduce its pixel dimensions with the HEIC resizer.

Step by step

How to COMPRESS HEIC Files in 3 Steps

1
Upload your HEIC photo
Drop the .heic file from your iPhone into the compressor.
2
Set the JPEG quality
Lower quality gives a smaller JPEG.
3
Save the JPEG
Compare the sizes shown and save the result.

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Everything you need to know about the free online HEIC compress tool.

At the default 80% quality it usually is, for photos straight from an iPhone. At 90% and above it can be larger, because HEIC compresses better than JPEG. The tool never hands you a file larger than your HEIC.

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