When you need a PDF from iPhone photos
People often photograph documents with an iPhone: ID cards, signed forms, receipts, homework, whiteboards. Those photos are HEIC files, which many websites, offices and Windows computers can’t open. A PDF keeps the pages together and works everywhere.
Common uses:
- sending ID documents, contracts or forms as one PDF
- submitting expense receipts
- turning photographed homework or notes into a single file
- printing several photos as pages
How to use it
- Choose your HEIC photos or drop them on the box above.
- Arrange them in page order with the arrows.
- Choose a page size; A4 or US Letter suit printing and forms.
- Select Create PDF, then download.
On an iPhone
To use HEIC originals in Safari, first save the photos to the Files app (in Photos: Share › Save to Files), then choose them here with Browse. If you pick photos straight from the photo library, iOS may hand them over as JPG instead, which is fine; for those, the JPG to PDF converter keeps the JPG data exactly.
The iPhone also has a built-in document scanner in the Notes and Files apps that saves PDFs directly. It’s worth using for new paperwork.
Keeping the PDF small
iPhone photos are 12 megapixels or more, so a PDF of many photos can be large. Photos are stored without further loss, so each page can be several megabytes. For forms with size limits, convert the photos to JPG at a smaller size first, then use JPG to PDF.
Privacy
Personal documents never leave your device: photos are decoded and the PDF built in your browser.
Several documents at once
To send different documents as separate PDFs, convert each set of photos on its own. To send everything as one file, add all the photos in order, or create several PDFs and combine them with Merge PDF.
Questions
Does this work on Windows?
Yes. Windows can't open HEIC without extra extensions, but this page decodes HEIC itself in Chrome, Edge or Firefox, so nothing needs installing.
Why does it take a moment the first time?
Outside Safari, the page loads a HEIC decoder (about 3 MB) on first use. It's cached afterwards.
Are photos turned the right way up?
Yes. Each photo's orientation is applied, so documents photographed sideways come out upright.
Is location data included in the PDF?
No. Photos are decoded to plain images before going into the PDF, so GPS and camera details aren't carried over.
Last reviewed 1 November 2026