The Easiest Way to Convert HEIC Images to JPG (on Windows 11)

Martin Heusser | M365 Apps & Services MVP

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Feb 11, 2023

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By now, most people should have heard about HEIC (or HEIF) and HEVC. HEVC — High Efficiency Video Codec is a video codec optimized for 4K content and HEIC is the file name extension for images saved with the High Efficiency Image File Format. Apple iPhones have supported these formats for quite some time now. However, they are mutually exclusive options to each other. Meaning, we can’t use HEVC for videos and JPG for photos. We can only choose if we want to use the new or the legacy formats in iOS.

I back up / sync all my photos from my iPhone to OneDrive. Often, these are not just vacation pictures but also photos which I might need to share with others. While most modern systems can display and work with HEIF photos without issues, there are still some scenarios for which a JPG is simply better suited.

For example, I needed to upload pictures to an online marketplace which only accepts JPGs or PNGs. I also had to email some pictures of a faulty product to the customer service of a company. Even though the built-in photo…