Convert HEIC to PNG
Turn an iPhone HEIC photo into a PNG bitmap in your browser. Files stay on this device — a free account runs it, and nothing is uploaded.
Files are processed in your browser and are not uploaded. Free account: 20 photos a day, 10 at a time, 20 MB each.
If you need a different format
Sharing a camera photo? Convert HEIC to JPG instead — JPG is the compatible, smaller choice. A WebP or AVIF saved from a website is a different container: use WebP to PNG or AVIF to PNG when that file has transparency. Anything else belongs on the image converter.
- PopularHEIC to JPGiPhone photos that Windows and web forms will not open.
- PopularWebP to JPGThe file Chrome saved when you chose Save image as.
- WebP to PNGKeep a transparent background from a WebP.
- AVIF to JPGWhen a newer download will not open in an older app.
- AVIF to PNGGraphics with transparency that older tools still reject.
- PNG to JPGA photo stuck in a lossless file that is larger than it needs to be.
How to convert HEIC to PNG
- 1Drop a .heic or .heif photo onto the box, or click to choose one or more files.
- 2Click Convert to PNG. Decoding uses a HEIC library in this tab. The photo is not uploaded.
- 3Download the PNG. Expect a larger file than the HEIC. Keep the HEIC until you have checked the PNG.
What you actually get
A camera HEIC is a HEIF container around a HEVC still. iPhones have saved that way, when High Efficiency is on, since iOS 11. This page decodes that still with libheif in your browser and writes a PNG: a lossless bitmap, one pixel grid, no second JPEG generation.
PNG does not invent transparency. A normal iPhone photo is fully opaque, and the PNG will be too. HEIF can carry an alpha channel in other workflows, and if one is present it is kept. Do not pick PNG because you hope a portrait will suddenly have a clear background.
Why the file gets so much bigger
HEVC already threw away information the phone decided you would not see. PNG stores the decoded pixels without compressing them the way JPEG does, so a photograph often lands several times larger than the HEIC, and larger than a high-quality JPG of the same pixels. A 2026 benchmark of this exact path called that the file-size tax: PNG was the expensive way to leave HEIC, with no recovered detail. See Cleanor Labs, 4 July 2026.
Color is written as ordinary 8-bit sRGB. Newer iPhones can capture a wider range than that. This page does not keep a gain map or a display-P3 master. If the HDR look matters, edit from the original HEIC in an app that understands it, and export a JPG or PNG only for the place that asked for one.
When PNG is the right exit
- An editor, a game pipeline, or a print RIP asked for PNG and will reject HEIC.
- You will crop, paint, or composite next, and you do not want another lossy JPEG save on top of the phone’s encode.
- The HEIC is a graphic that really does have transparency, not a camera roll photo.
When you should not convert
- The destination already opens HEIC. Send the original. It is the smaller master.
- You only need to email, upload, or open the picture on Windows. Use HEIC to JPG.
- You want a smaller file. PNG will not give you one. Compress a JPG afterward if a form has a kilobyte cap.
- Decoded locally. libheif runs in your browser. Tabpic does not receive the photo.
- No second JPEG. The PNG is lossless after decode, which matters if you will edit next.
- Honest about size. The result tells you when the PNG grew. That growth is normal for photos.
- Free account. A free account is required to run the tool. Files still stay on this device.
Frequently asked questions
Will HEIC to PNG look better than HEIC to JPG?
Not in any way a person can see on a normal photo, if the JPG quality stays high. Both start from the same decoded pixels. PNG avoids one more lossy encode, which helps only if you will edit and re-save. It does not sharpen, denoise, or restore what HEVC already discarded.
Why is my PNG enormous?
Because a photograph is a poor fit for lossless PNG. The HEIC was small on purpose. If you needed compatibility rather than a bitmap for editing, convert to JPG instead and keep the HEIC as the archive.
Does this keep the transparent background?
It keeps an alpha channel when the HEIC actually has one. iPhone camera photos do not. A screenshot or a sticker might. Converting a portrait to PNG will not cut the subject out.
Can I convert several HEIC files to PNG together?
Yes. Drop up to the free batch limit and use Download all. On a phone, large bursts are slower because each photo is decoded to a full bitmap before it is written as PNG. If a file fails, try it alone.
Are Live Photos converted?
Only the still image inside the HEIC. The motion clip that iOS stores beside a Live Photo is not in this file, and this page does not build a video.
Is the PNG uploaded?
No. Decode and encode stay in the tab. The line under the tool is the promise. Camera metadata such as GPS is not copied into the PNG, which is useful and also means this is not a metadata-preserving archive.