How to convert HEIC to PNG
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Click Choose files or drag your .heic or .heif photos into the box.
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Click Convert — there's no quality setting, PNG keeps every pixel as decoded.
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Download each PNG, or all of them at once with Download all (ZIP).
When PNG is the right choice
Most people converting HEIC want a JPG — it’s smaller and accepted everywhere. PNG makes sense in a few specific situations:
- Further editing. Every time a JPG is edited and saved, it loses a little detail. A PNG can be opened, edited and saved repeatedly without any generational loss.
- Design and print layouts. Designers often prefer a lossless master copy to drop into Figma, Canva, InDesign or a slide deck.
- Screenshots and photos of documents. Text and sharp lines stay crisp, with none of the fuzzy halos JPG compression can add around letters.
- Software that requires PNG. Some tools, plugins and scientific or archival workflows only accept PNG.
HEIC, PNG and JPG compared
| HEIC | PNG | JPG | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compression | Lossy, very efficient | Lossless | Lossy |
| 12 MP photo | 1–2 MB | 15–25 MB | 2–4 MB |
| Opens everywhere | No | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Storing photos on iPhone | Editing, design | Sharing, printing |
If the size is a problem after editing, convert your finished PNG with PNG to JPG or PNG to WebP, or shrink it with Compress image.
Converted on your device
Photos from a phone are personal: family pictures, documents you scanned with the camera, screenshots of conversations. Instead of uploading them, TurboConvert decodes the HEIC file in your browser using libheif, an open-source decoder compiled to WebAssembly, and saves the PNG directly to your downloads. Once the page is loaded, it keeps working offline.
Common problems
- The PNG is too large to email. That’s the nature of lossless PNG photos. Convert to JPG for sharing, or reduce the dimensions with Resize image.
- The photo looks less vivid than on the iPhone. HDR photos are displayed with extra brightness on recent iPhones; the PNG contains the standard version of the picture.
Tips
- On iPhone: open this page in Safari, tap Choose files, select photos from your library, and find the PNGs in the Files app under Downloads.
- On Windows: you don’t need the HEIF or HEVC extensions from the Microsoft Store — your browser does the decoding.
- Large batches: PNGs are heavy, so on a phone convert in smaller groups to avoid running out of memory.