HEIC to PDF
Turn iPhone photos saved as HEIC into one PDF, a photo per page, in the order you choose. Windows and most browsers can't open HEIC by themselves. This page can, and your photos never leave this device.
Drop images here, or click to add
HEIC photos from an iPhone, plus JPG and PNG. Converted on this device, never uploaded.
How to convert HEIC to PDF
- Press “Choose images” and pick your iPhone HEIC photos, or drop them onto the box above. They are read on this device, which takes a moment.
- Put them in order with ↑ and ↓. Each photo becomes one page.
- Keep the page size on A4, or choose “Fit each image” or US Letter, and add a margin if you want one.
- Press “Convert & download” to save the PDF.
What HEIC to PDF does
iPhones save photos as HEIC, which keeps them small on the phone and makes them awkward everywhere else: Windows will not open them without extra software, and many upload forms turn them away. This turns them into a PDF you can send, print or attach.
What it does
- Converts HEIC and HEIF photos into one PDF, a photo per page, in the order you arrange them
- Reads them inside the browser, including the many browsers that cannot open HEIC by themselves
- Keeps each photo upright, and converts its colours from the iPhone's wider range so they look the same in any reader
- Takes JPG and PNG in the same PDF
What it does not do
- Upload your photos; the decoder runs in this browser tab
- Include the moving part of a Live Photo, or every frame of a burst; you get the still photo
- Keep the small HEIC file size; the pages are standard JPG and the PDF is usually larger, which Compress PDF can bring down
- Read any text in the photos; the result is pictures on pages
Last updated
Need to send this to someone?
Our sister site QRSansar hosts a document and gives you a short link and a QR code for it. That is handy for WhatsApp, a slide, a poster or a printed handout, and it avoids attachment size limits entirely. You can swap the file later and the link and QR code keep working.
Worth being clear about the difference: that is a hosting service, so your file is uploaded to it. Everything on PDFsansar stays on your device; sharing is the one job that cannot.
Share a document on QRSansar →Other tools
All free, and all run in this tab without uploading anything.
HEIC to PDF: common questions
What is a HEIC file?
The format an iPhone saves photos in by default, and has since iOS 11. It holds the same picture as a JPG in roughly half the space, which is why Apple chose it. The catch is that much of the rest of the world cannot open it: Windows needs extra software from the Microsoft Store, and plenty of upload forms reject it outright.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. The first time you add a HEIC photo, your browser downloads a small decoder from this site (about 500 KB, once). After that the photo is read, converted and put into the PDF inside this browser tab. Nothing is sent to a server, and you can switch off your connection after the page has loaded to check.
Will my photos lose quality?
Very little. Each photo goes into the PDF at full resolution as a high-quality JPG, because that is the image format every PDF reader understands. iPhone colours are recorded in a wider range than most screens use, so they are converted to the standard range on the way, which keeps them looking the same as on the phone. The PDF is usually larger than the HEIC files were; Compress PDF can bring it down.
Can I mix HEIC photos with JPG and PNG?
Yes. Drop them in together, put them in the order you want, and each becomes its own page.
What happens to Live Photos and bursts?
You get the still photo. The moving part of a Live Photo is a separate video file that is not included, and from a file holding several images, such as a burst, the main image is used.
How do I stop my iPhone saving HEIC?
Settings, then Camera, then Formats, and choose Most Compatible. New photos are saved as JPG from then on. The photos you already have stay HEIC.