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Convert HEIC to JPG on Windows 10 and 11

Windows Photos throws an error and points you at the Microsoft Store. You do not need it — convert below and the photos open in anything.

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HEIC to JPG converter

Drop your iPhone photos here

or pick them from your PC — no codec install required

Supports .heic and .heif from iPhone, iPad and modern Android cameras

Nothing queued yet. Converted photos appear here, ready to open in Windows Photos or anything else.

Why Windows will not open a .heic file

HEIC wraps HEVC-compressed data, and HEVC carries patent royalties. Microsoft chose not to absorb that cost for every Windows installation, so Windows ships without the decoder and points you at a paid Store listing instead.

The free HEIF Image Extensions cannot decode anything on their own — they depend on HEVC Video Extensions, which is the paid part. A free OEM build exists for PCs whose manufacturer already licensed the codec, but it is not publicly listed, so most people never find it.

How this page gets around it

PixHeic carries its own decoder: a WebAssembly build of libheif that runs inside your browser tab. Windows is never asked to open the file, so no codec is installed and nothing is licensed to your machine.

That also means it works on Windows 7 and 8, on locked-down work machines where you cannot install anything, and on Chromebooks and Linux desktops with no HEIC support at all.

  1. Drop your HEIC photos in

    Drag them from File Explorer onto the box above, or press Select Files. Decoding starts automatically.

  2. Open the JPGs anywhere

    Download them and they open in Windows Photos, Paint, Office and every other app without a codec.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to buy the HEVC extension?

Not to use this page. The decoder loads with the page as WebAssembly, so your browser handles the file rather than Windows. Nothing is installed on your PC and no Store purchase is needed. Buying the extension is only worth it if you want Explorer thumbnails for .heic files themselves.

Does this work on Windows 10 as well?

Yes, and on Windows 7 and 8, plus ChromeOS and Linux. Any current version of Chrome, Edge or Firefox will do, because the decoding happens in the browser rather than the operating system.

Is anything uploaded to a server?

No. The decoder is a WebAssembly module that runs inside your browser tab, so the photo is read from your device into memory and converted there. You can check it in your browser's Network tab, or disconnect from the internet once the page has loaded and convert anyway.