HEIC to PNG Converter In your browser, nothing uploaded
EXIF metadata is removed. Decoding and redrawing the image carries no GPS coordinates, camera model or timestamp across, so the file you download has none of it. If you need that data kept, copy the originals instead.
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or click to browse — HEIC, AVIF, WebP, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TIFF
How to Convert HEIC to PNG
- Drag and drop your HEIC files into the converter above, or click to browse.
- The converter automatically outputs PNG format. Adjust quality if needed.
- Click download to save your converted PNG files. For multiple files, use "Download All as ZIP."
What is PNG?
PNG has been the lossless standard since 1996. Its compression predicts each pixel from the ones already decoded around it, hands the leftover differences to DEFLATE, and reconstructs the original bytes exactly on the way back out. Nothing is approximated, which is why the format has no quality setting to argue about. PNG also carries a full alpha channel. That matters less here than the marketing suggests, because a photograph taken on a phone is entirely opaque and converting it does not create transparency that was never there. What PNG gives a camera photo is a stable base: edit it and save it again forty times, and the untouched pixels are still byte-for-byte what you started with.
What is a HEIC File?
HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is an image format used by Apple devices running iOS 11 and later. It uses the HEVC (H.265) codec for compression, producing files roughly half the size of equivalent JPEGs while maintaining the same visual quality. Despite its advantages, HEIC files are not universally supported across all platforms and applications, which is why conversion tools like this one exist.
HEIC vs PNG
These two formats disagree about whether it is acceptable to lose anything. HEIC says yes, aggressively, and uses the HEVC codec to get a 12-megapixel photograph down to 2 or 3 MB, where PNG says no under any circumstances and the same picture can land anywhere between 15 and 25 MB. Be clear about what that trade buys, because it is not image quality. The decoded HEIC already carries whatever HEVC discarded when the phone wrote the file, and PNG preserves those artefacts as carefully as it preserves everything else. It is the future that changes, not the past. If the photo is destined for editing, the guarantee is worth the size. If it is going to be looked at, emailed and then left alone, JPG or WebP will serve you better at a fraction of the weight.
Why Convert HEIC to PNG?
- Repeated edits stay exact, and the price is a file roughly ten times the size.
- Text and hard edges in a photographed document come through cleanly, though you carry every one of those megabytes around afterwards.
- An archive copy stays exactly as you left it, assuming you have the disk space for that now and later.
- A workflow that demands PNG stops complaining, which is sometimes the only reason that matters.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will my photo have a transparent background after converting?
No. An iPhone photo is a solid rectangle of opaque pixels. The conversion copies it faithfully. PNG allows transparency, it does not add it. Cutting out a subject or clearing a background is separate editing work done afterwards, and having the file in PNG first is a sensible starting point for it.
Why is the PNG ten times the size of the HEIC?
Because HEIC is allowed to cheat and PNG is not. HEVC discards detail it calculates you will not notice — and it is extremely good at that calculation — while PNG has to record every pixel exactly. Photographic content looks close to noise to a general-purpose compressor, so there is very little redundancy left to exploit. A 2 MB HEIC from an iPhone commonly arrives as a PNG of 15 to 25 MB.
Should I pick PNG or JPG for my iPhone photos?
JPG, in most cases. It opens in the same places PNG does, and at quality 92 the difference is invisible on a photograph while the file is a tenth of the size. Choose PNG when the image is going into repeated editing, when it is a screenshot rather than a photo, or when someone has specifically asked for lossless. Picking PNG for a holiday snap is a lot of megabytes for nothing.
Why is there no quality slider for PNG?
Because there would be nothing for it to do. PNG compression is lossless, so the encoder has no dial trading fidelity against size, and every PNG this tool produces is an exact record of the decoded photo. What varies is how well a given image happens to compress, and that depends on its content rather than on any setting.