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HEIF Converter

Turn iPhone HEIF and HEIC photos into formats everything opens, free.

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HEIF Converter

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Accepts most image formats. Up to 10 files at once.

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Free Online HEIF Converter

The format your phone saved, turned into the one everyone else can open.

Why use our HEIF Converter tool?

HEIF keeps your photos small on the phone and unopenable everywhere else. Convert to JPG, PNG or WebP here, free.

Built for the browser

Works right in your browser, free, with no software to install and no watermarks.

HEIF and HEIC both

The format Apple devices save by default goes in, whichever extension it carries.

Three ways out

JPG for sharing, PNG when you need transparency, WebP when you want it light on a page.

Quality preserved

Cloudinary keeps your output crisp and true to the original.

Do it at scale

Process one file or thousands with our free API and convert HEIF files automatically, with no manual steps.

Format versatility

Works with all major formats, so your result fits right into your workflow.

How to convert HEIF files in 3 steps

Convert in 3 simple steps. Upload your HEIF, pick a format, and download.

Upload your HEIF

Drag and drop your HEIF or HEIC photo into the browser, or upload it from your device.

Pick your format

Choose JPG, PNG or WebP and the tool converts your photo.

Download

Save your result, with no watermarks.

Go beyond HEIF

Convert the formats your phone and camera produce with our free tools: HEIF to JPG, HEIC to PNG, Image to JPG.

A woman and a golden retriever in the mountains. They're sitting, facing away from the camera while the dog noses the woman. They're surrounded by natural splendor including majestic mountains, puffy clouds, and evergreen-studded hills.
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A woman and a golden retriever in the mountains. They're sitting, facing away from the camera while the dog noses the woman. They're surrounded by natural splendor including majestic mountains, puffy clouds, and evergreen-studded hills.
The same asset cropped using the following settings: Aspect Ratio: 1:2. Crop Mode: Content-Aware.
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Original
18 MB

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The original asset:
JPEG
135 KB
WebP
135 KB
AVIF
90 KB
JPEG XL
94 KB
The image after being optimized using the following settings: Quality: Auto. Width: 1000px.
Original
18 MB

We’re showing a resized version of the original asset to avoid slow loading speeds. View the original.

The original asset:
JPEG
135 KB
WebP
135 KB
AVIF
90 KB
JPEG XL
94 KB
The image after being optimized using the following settings: Quality: Auto. Width: 1000px.
Images
Videos
Quality
Width
An un-cropped image overlaid with a croppingai window showing how it would be cropped by Cloudinary.
An arrow pointing from the original asset to the cropped asset
The same asset cropped using the following settings: Aspect Ratio: 1:1. Crop Mode: Content-Aware.
Images
Videos
Crop Mode
Aspect Ratio
The original image:
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The personalized image:
The original image:
The personalized image:
Product Photos
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Full length video: Surfing Trip
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A shorter video preview generated by Cloudinary's AI using the following settings: Duration: 15 seconds. Max Clips: 9. Min Clip Length: 1 second.
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cloudinary.image("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg", {transformation: [
  {aspect_ratio: "0.5", gravity: "auto", width: 433, crop: "fill"},
  {quality: "auto"},
  {fetch_format: "auto"}
  ]})
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));
CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'aspect_ratio': "0.5", 'gravity': "auto", 'width': 433, 'crop': "fill"},
  {'quality': "auto"},
  {'fetch_format': "auto"}
  ])
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	->resize(Resize::fill()->width(433)
->aspectRatio(0.5)
	->gravity(
	Gravity::autoGravity())
	)
	->delivery(Delivery::quality(
	Quality::auto()))
	->delivery(Delivery::format(
	Format::auto()));
cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .aspectRatio("0.5").gravity("auto").width(433).crop("fill").chain()
  .quality("auto").chain()
  .fetchFormat("auto")).imageTag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg");
cl_image_tag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg", transformation: [
  {aspect_ratio: "0.5", gravity: "auto", width: 433, crop: "fill"},
  {quality: "auto"},
  {fetch_format: "auto"}
  ])
cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .AspectRatio("0.5").Gravity("auto").Width(433).Crop("fill").Chain()
  .Quality("auto").Chain()
  .FetchFormat("auto")).BuildImageTag("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
cloudinary.image('hiking_dog_mountain.jpg').transformation(Transformation()
	.resize(Resize.fill().width(433)
.aspectRatio(0.5)
	.gravity(
	Gravity.autoGravity())
	)
	.delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	.delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())));
imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
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  .setQuality("auto").chain()
  .setFetchFormat("auto")).generate("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)
MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .aspectRatio("0.5").gravity("auto").width(433).crop("fill").chain()
  .quality("auto").chain()
  .fetchFormat("auto")).generate("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg");
cloudinary.image('hiking_dog_mountain.jpg').transformation(Transformation()
	.resize(Resize.fill().width(433)
.aspectRatio(0.5)
	.gravity(
	Gravity.autoGravity())
	)
	.delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	.delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())));
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	publicId("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
	 resize(Resize.fill() { width(433)
 aspectRatio(0.5F)
	 gravity(
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	 })
	 delivery(Delivery.quality(
	Quality.auto()))
	 delivery(Delivery.format(
	Format.auto())) 
}.generate()
new CloudinaryImage("hiking_dog_mountain.jpg")
  .resize(
    fill()
      .width(433)
      .aspectRatio(0.5)
      .gravity(autoGravity())
  )
  .delivery(quality(auto()))
  .delivery(format(auto()));

Frequently Asked Questions

It converts HEIF and HEIC photos into formats that everything can open: JPG, PNG or WebP. HEIF is the format recent iPhones save by default, and while it stores photos at roughly half the size of a JPEG, plenty of websites, older applications and Windows tools still refuse it. Upload the file, pick a format and download.

Because HEIF is relatively new and support is uneven. Apple adopted it as the default camera format, but many upload forms, content management systems, printers and older photo editors were written before it existed and simply reject the extension. Converting to JPG sidesteps the problem entirely, which is why this page exists.

Yes. HEIC is HEIF with Apple’s naming, and the tool takes both. Whatever your phone or your Mac called the file, drop it in and it will be read. If you want a dedicated page for one specific pair, there are also HEIF to JPG and HEIC to PNG.

JPG when you are emailing the photo or uploading it somewhere that expects a photograph. WebP when it is going on a web page, because it is typically twenty to thirty percent smaller than JPEG at the same quality. PNG when you need a lossless copy or the image has transparency to preserve.

Yes. You can upload HEIF straight to Cloudinary and deliver JPG, WebP or AVIF on the fly, chosen per visitor based on what their browser supports. That is the standard fix for an app that accepts photos from phones, since it removes the conversion step from your own code entirely. See also JFIF Converter for the other format phones and browsers quietly produce.

Related tools: JFIF Converter · HEIF to JPG · HEIC to PNG

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