Question 1

Do my images get uploaded?

Accepted Answer

No. The conversion runs entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly, so the images are never uploaded and never touch a server. You can even disconnect from the internet after the page loads and it will still work.

Question 2

Is WebP better than JPG?

Accepted Answer

For images on a website, usually yes — a WebP is meaningfully smaller than a JPG that looks the same, and every current browser supports it. For emailing a photo to a customer or importing it into older desktop software, JPG remains the more compatible choice.

Question 3

What is a HEIC file?

Accepted Answer

HEIC is the container Apple has used for camera photos since iOS 11. It stores the same picture in roughly half the space of a JPG, which is great for your storage and awkward everywhere else — plenty of Windows apps, older software, web forms and customer inboxes still cannot open one.

Question 4

Is it free?

Accepted Answer

Yes — free, no account, no email, no watermark, and no cap on how many files you convert. The only real limit is your own device's memory, since everything is processed locally.

Question 5

Can I convert a whole folder?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drop in as many photos as you like (or a whole folder) and they are converted one after another, with a download button per file plus a "download all" that saves the finished batch.

Question 6

Does WebP work in email?

Accepted Answer

Support in email clients is still patchy — some older desktop clients will show a broken image. If the photo is going into an email or an attachment, convert it to JPG instead. WebP is for the web.

Question 7

Does it work on mobile?

Accepted Answer

Yes. It works in any modern browser on iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows. On Apple devices the browser can usually decode HEIC on its own, so conversion is near-instant and the extra decoder never has to download.

Question 8

What happens to the photo's location data?

Accepted Answer

Rotation is preserved, so portrait photos stay upright. Other embedded metadata — including GPS coordinates — is dropped during conversion. That is usually a good thing: it means you can share a job photo without also sharing exactly where it was taken.

HEIC to WebP converter