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HEIC to PNG converter

Convert HEIC to PNG in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want PNG
90%
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How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

16
50%
Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
Advanced 5
Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
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Mirror horizontally
Mirror vertically

For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Bytes of your files sent anywhere: 0 B

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Should you convert HEIC to PNG?

You want an iPhone photo that opens on any device without adding another round of lossy compression — for editing, design work or pixel-exact screenshots.

Worth it when an app or an editor needs PNG, or before you edit the picture several times. PNG won’t restore the detail HEIC already threw away, and the file will be larger, but nothing more is lost from here on.

PNG is also the more widely supported of the two: it opens everywhere, while HEIC is mainly an Apple format.

HEIC is the iPhone’s photo format, built on the HEVC video codec; PNG is a lossless image format with full transparency. PNG will be several times larger than the HEIC. If the photo is going to a form or an email, JPG is usually the better target.

HEIC and PNG compared
Property HEIC PNG
Compression Lossy Lossless
Transparency No Yes
Animation No No
Support Mainly an Apple format Opens everywhere
Best for Storing photos on Apple devices without using much space Screenshots, logos, diagrams and anything with text or a transparent background
Introduced 2017 1996

How to convert HEIC to PNG

  1. 01

    Add your HEIC

    Drop your HEIC image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to PNG. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the PNG

    Press convert and save the PNG. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when HEIC becomes PNG

PNG can’t add back what HEIC removed

The HEIC was compressed when it was saved, and that detail is gone. PNG records exactly what the HEIC contains now, compression marks included, and keeps it that way however often you edit and re-save.

iPhone photos convert with their orientation

Portrait photos stay upright, and Live Photos become a still PNG. Location and camera details aren’t copied into the new file.

Expect a much larger file

PNG is far bigger for the same content. Choose it because something needs PNG, not to send or store the file. HEIC: An iPhone photo is usually 1–3 MB. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of HEIC and PNG, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the HEIC. AirDrop and iCloud often convert photos to JPG for you, but cables, email and “Files” copies keep HEIC, so the same photo works on one computer and not another.
  • About the PNG. Photographs saved as PNG balloon in size. A holiday photo that is 3 MB as JPG can be 15 MB as PNG, because lossless compression can do very little with the fine grain of a real photograph.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting HEIC to PNG lose quality?

No further quality is lost: PNG keeps exactly what is in the HEIC. It can’t undo compression the HEIC already has.

Will the PNG be smaller than the HEIC?

Expect a much larger file. PNG is far bigger for the same content. Choose it because something needs PNG, not to send or store the file. HEIC: An iPhone photo is usually 1–3 MB. PNG: A 12-megapixel photo is often 12–20 MB; a screenshot is usually 100 KB–1 MB.

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