How to convert HEIC to PDF

  1. Add your HEIC photos. Tap Choose photos or drop the .heic files onto the page. Thumbnails appear as each photo is read.
  2. Arrange the pages. Drag the thumbnails into page order, tap ↻ to turn a sideways photo, × to remove one.
  3. Choose the page setup. Pick A4 or US Letter (or Same size as image), orientation and margins. Smaller file shrinks big photos for email.
  4. Make the PDF. Tap Make PDF. The PDF is built on your device and downloads directly.

What it does

  • Turns HEIC (HEIF) photos into one PDF, one photo per page — no JPG step in between
  • Mix in JPG, PNG and WebP images in the same PDF
  • Drag the thumbnails into page order, rotate any photo a quarter turn
  • A4, US Letter, or pages the size of each photo; automatic or fixed orientation; three margin sizes
  • Location, date and camera details never go into the PDF
  • Runs entirely on your device; Safari decodes HEIC itself, other browsers download the open-source libheif decoder once

Why convert HEIC to PDF

iPhones save photos as HEIC by default, and many upload portals, schools, employers and visa forms accept only PDF. A PDF also keeps several pages together in a fixed order, which a set of loose photos never does. Converting HEIC straight to PDF skips the in-between JPG step: one tap and the photos of a form, a lease or an ID become one document that opens on any computer.

How this HEIC to PDF converter works

Each photo is decoded on your device. Safari 17 and later on iPhone, iPad and Mac reads HEIC natively, so nothing extra loads. Chrome, Edge and Firefox can't, so the first HEIC you add downloads libheif, the open-source HEIC decoder compiled to WebAssembly (about 1.5 MB, cached afterwards). Each decoded photo is stored in the PDF as a high-quality JPEG image, one per page, laid out by pdf-lib. Photo details such as GPS location are not copied into the PDF.

How to convert HEIC to PDF on iPhone without a tool

The fastest built-in route: open the photo in Photos, tap Share → Print, tap Share on the print preview and choose Save to Files. It takes the HEIC as it is — no JPG step — and works for several photos if you tap Select first and pick them in page order. For a HEIC saved in the Files app, the Preview app can export it: tap the menu next to the file name, tap Export and choose PDF. The full walkthrough, including the camera setting that shoots JPEG instead, is in our guide to converting HEIC photos to PDF on iPhone; for screenshots, web pages and emails see how to make a PDF on iPhone.

Use this page instead when you want to control the page size, margins and order, or when the photos are on a Windows PC.

HEIC to PDF on Windows and Mac

On a Mac, open the photos together in Preview, put the thumbnails in order in the sidebar, choose File → Print and pick Save as PDF from the PDF menu, or select them in Finder and use Quick Actions → Create PDF. On Windows, HEIC photos don't even open until you add Microsoft's HEIF and HEVC extensions from the Microsoft Store. This page needs nothing installed: it runs in Edge, Chrome or Firefox and produces the PDF in one step.

Your photos stay on your device

Online converters usually upload your photos to convert them. Photos of documents are some of the most sensitive files you own — an ID, a bank letter, a child's school form. Here the photos are read into the browser's memory and the PDF is written straight to your downloads; nothing is sent anywhere, and closing the tab clears it. Need the photos as separate pictures instead? Our HEIC to JPG converter converts a batch and can keep or strip their details.

Honest limitations

  • Safari on iPhone limits images to about 16.7 megapixels, so 24- and 48-megapixel photos from recent Pro models are scaled down to fit; the tool says so when it happens.
  • The PDF holds pictures, not text: you can't search or copy from it. For that, use image to searchable PDF.
  • HDR photos become standard-range images, and for Live Photos and bursts only the still image is used.

When the photos are documents

Paperlock is an iPhone app for exactly these photos: it imports them, reads what each document says, files it under a clear title behind Face ID, and exports any document as a PDF whenever someone asks for one.