How to convert HEIC to PNG
- Drop your .HEIC files onto the box above.
- The output is already set to PNG.
- There is no quality slider — PNG is lossless, so there is nothing to trade away.
- Download the converted images individually or as a ZIP.
When PNG is the right choice — and when it is not
PNG is lossless: every pixel survives the conversion exactly. That matters when the image is going into an editor for further work, into a design tool, or anywhere the same file will be re-saved several times and lossy artefacts would accumulate.
The cost is size, and for photographs the cost is severe. A 2.8 MB HEIC photo became a 17 MB PNG in our testing — roughly six times the original. PNG was designed for graphics with flat colours and sharp edges, not for the continuous tones of a photograph.
If you are converting a phone photo to put on a website or share with someone, PNG is the wrong target. Use WebP, or JPG if you need maximum compatibility.
What PNG gives you that the others do not
True transparency, and exact pixel fidelity. If you are going to cut a subject out of a photo, composite it onto something else, or hand the file to a designer, PNG keeps every option open.
For screenshots, diagrams, logos and anything containing text, PNG is not just acceptable but genuinely the best choice — those images have few colours and hard edges, exactly what PNG compresses well.
Common questions
- Why is the PNG so much bigger than the HEIC?
- Because PNG stores every pixel exactly, with no lossy compression at all, and photographs contain millions of subtly different colours. In our testing a 2.8 MB HEIC became a 17 MB PNG. That is normal and expected, not a fault.
- Is there a quality setting for PNG?
- No, and there should not be. PNG is lossless by definition, so a quality slider would be meaningless. It is hidden whenever PNG is the output.
- Does the PNG keep transparency?
- PNG supports transparency, but a HEIC photograph from a phone camera has none to keep. Transparency matters when you convert something that already has it — a PNG logo or a WebP graphic.
- Are my photos uploaded?
- No. The whole conversion happens inside your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.