HEIC file format
High Efficiency Image Container
What a HEIC file is, and everything you can convert it to and from.
What is a HEIC file?
Apple's default photo format since iOS 11 — about 2× smaller than JPEG at the same quality.
raster image · lossy · saving space on iPhones; usually converted for non-Apple devices
Convert HEIC to
HEIC → AVIFHEIC → BMPHEIC → GIFHEIC → ICOHEIC → JPGHEIC → PDFHEIC → PNGHEIC → PPMHEIC → PSDHEIC → TGAHEIC → TIFFHEIC → WEBP
Last updated July 2026