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How to convert HEIC photos to PDF

Published November 4, 2026 by Jason Nel

iPhones and iPads save photos as HEIC (or HEIF) by default. The format is efficient, but many websites, printers, older programs and Windows computers cannot open it. If you need to send photos of a document, a receipt or a signed form as a single file, a PDF is the format almost everyone can open.

How to convert HEIC to PDF step by step

  1. Open HEIC to PDF and choose your .heic or .heif photos, or drop them on the page.
  2. Put the photos in the order you want. Each photo becomes one page.
  3. Pick the page size, orientation and margin.
  4. Click Convert to PDF and download the result.

The photos are decoded inside your browser. They are not uploaded to a server, which is worth knowing when the photos show IDs, medical letters or financial paperwork. The first time you use the tool, the small decoder program downloads, and after that the conversion runs on your own device.

One PDF or one per photo?

By default all photos go into a single PDF with one photo per page. This is what you want for a multi-page document you photographed page by page. Untick Merge all images in one PDF file to get a separate PDF for each photo.

Choosing a page size

  • Fit makes every page the same size as its photo, with nothing cropped or scaled. It suits photos you will mainly view on a screen.
  • A4 or US Letter centers each photo on a standard page, scaled down to fit without stretching. Choose one of these if the PDF will be printed or submitted to an office that expects normal pages.
  • Portrait or landscape applies to A4 and Letter. Landscape gives wide photos more room.
  • Margin: none, small or big. A small margin keeps the photo inside the printable area of most printers.

Will the photos be the right way up?

Yes. The tool places each photo rotated the right way up, so pictures taken with the phone held sideways appear upright on the page.

Keeping the file size down

Modern phone photos are large, and a PDF with a dozen of them can be too big to email. If the result is over your email or upload limit, run it through Compress PDF. Cropping the photos to the document before you convert also helps, because the page is not filled with table or background.

Better photos of documents

  • Shoot in good light and avoid shadows from your phone or hand.
  • Hold the phone parallel to the page so text is not skewed.
  • Fill the frame with the document so the text is as large as possible.
  • If you need the text to be searchable, make the PDF and then run it through OCR PDF.

Other ways to get HEIC photos into a PDF

On a Mac, Preview opens HEIC photos and can export them to PDF. On an iPhone, the Files app can scan documents directly, and the share sheet can print photos to PDF. Those options work well for a handful of photos; an online converter is quicker when you are on Windows or have many photos to combine.

Frequently asked questions

Is HEIC the same as HEIF?

HEIF is the container format and HEIC is the version Apple uses. Both file extensions work in this tool.

Can I mix HEIC and JPG photos in one PDF?

Convert the HEIC photos first, then use Merge PDF to join the result with a PDF made from your JPG files.