HEIC to PNG Converter
Convert HEIC photos to lossless PNG entirely in your browser — transparency preserved, nothing uploaded, with unlimited batch conversion and one-click ZIP download.
Drop HEIC photos to convert
or click to choose · drag a whole folder
- 100% in your browser
- No upload, no signup
- Lossless — every pixel kept
- Transparency preserved
Why Convert HEIC to PNG?
Since iOS 11 launched in 2017, iPhones save photos as HEIC by default. It's an efficient format, but it only opens natively inside Apple's ecosystem — and if you're reaching for PNG, you're usually not just trying to view the image, you're trying to work with it. You want it in Photoshop or Figma, dropped into a web project, placed in a slide, or filed away as an archival master.
That's exactly when you convert HEIC to PNG: when quality matters more than file size. PNG is lossless and keeps an alpha channel, so it's the format designers and developers trust for graphics, logos, UI assets, and screenshots that need crisp edges or a transparent background.
A simple rule of thumb: convert HEIC to JPG when you want to share a photo, and convert HEIC to PNG when you want to keep or edit it. This tool does the PNG side in seconds, in your browser, without uploading anything.
What Is PNG (and How It Differs from HEIC)?
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a lossless image format that stores every pixel exactly, supports full transparency (an alpha channel), and is opened by virtually every app and browser — which is why designers and developers prefer it for graphics, logos, and screenshots.
HEIC is space-efficient but Apple-locked, and its compression is lossy at the source. PNG takes the opposite stance: it never throws pixels away, so what you see after converting HEIC to PNG is exactly what the decoder produced — no compression artifacts, no softened edges.
The trade-off is size. A lossless PNG is usually larger than the original HEIC, which is the price of keeping every detail and any transparency. For editing, archiving, and design work that's the right call; for sharing a snapshot, JPG is the leaner choice.
How to Convert HEIC to PNG in 3 Steps
There's nothing to install and no account to create. Here's how to convert HEIC to PNG from any device with a modern browser.
Add your HEIC files
Drag your photos — or a whole folder — onto the box above, or click to browse. Everything stays on your device; nothing is uploaded to a server.
Click Convert to PNG
Each image is decoded in your browser and re-encoded as a lossless PNG, with any transparency in the source preserved.
Download your PNGs
Save each PNG, or grab them all in one ZIP. Converting hundreds of photos is fine — there's no server, so there's no batch limit.
Pro tip: PNG files are larger than HEIC by design (lossless). If you only need to share the photo, a JPG is far smaller — use our HEIC to JPG converter.
PNG or JPG? Which Should You Pick?
It's the question every HEIC converter ignores. Here's the honest answer so you only convert once.
Choose PNG if…
- You'll edit the image in Photoshop, Figma, or similar
- It has transparency to keep — a logo, screenshot, or cut-out
- You need lossless, pixel-perfect quality
- It's a graphic, UI asset, or archival master
Choose JPG if…
- You just want to share or upload the photo
- It's a normal snapshot for email or social media
- You want the smallest possible file size
- Universal compatibility matters more than perfect detail
Lossless Quality & Transparent Backgrounds
Lossless means no compromise: PNG re-encodes your image with zero compression artifacts, so fine text, sharp edges, and subtle gradients survive exactly as decoded. That's why a screenshot or a line-art graphic looks cleaner as a PNG than as a JPG.
Transparency is where PNG really earns its place — and where most converters gloss over the details. A normal iPhone photo has no alpha channel, so its PNG will have a solid background. But if your HEIC is a screenshot or an already-cut-out image with transparency, converting HEIC to PNG preserves that alpha perfectly, while JPG would flatten it to a white box.
To make this visible, the converter shows each result on a checkerboard backdrop — transparent areas reveal the checker, opaque photos don't. What you see is exactly what you'll get.
PNG is the right target for:
- Logos & icons
- UI & web assets
- Screenshots
- Archival masters
- Print-ready graphics
Convert HEIC to PNG on Windows, Mac & iPhone
The same browser tool works everywhere. Here's what it solves on each platform.
On Windows 10 & 11
Windows can't open HEIC without buying the HEVC/HEIF codec, and it won't batch-convert to PNG either. This page converts HEIC to PNG on Windows right in the browser — no codec, no install.
On Mac
Preview exports one file at a time and won't keep transparency to PNG reliably. Drop the whole folder here for a lossless batch and download it as a ZIP.
On iPhone & Android
It runs in Safari and Chrome on the phone itself, so you can convert HEIC to PNG with no app to install — and the photos never leave your device.
Your Photos Never Leave Your Device
Every other HEIC to PNG converter in the top results uploads your files to a server and asks you to trust a promise that they'll be deleted later. This tool removes the need for that promise: your photos are decoded and converted by your own browser using WebAssembly.
Because nothing is uploaded, there's no size cap to enforce, no queue, and no account to create — and the tool keeps working even if your connection drops after the page loads.
On-device only
Conversion happens in your browser. No photo is ever sent to us or anyone else.
No limits
No file-size cap and no batch limit, because there's no server doing the work.
Nothing stored
We can't keep what we never receive. Close the tab and every trace is gone.
Frequently Asked Questions
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