Technical MIME Specification & Web Server Guide

image/heic

Technical overview, official IANA specification, header magic bytes, and server configuration snippets for .HEIC files (High Efficiency Image Container).

File Extension

.heic

Content-Type Header

image/heic

Format Category

Images

Standard Specification

RFC 2397 / ISO/IEC 23008-12

Description & Usage

Apple iOS camera image format using HEVC compression.

HTTP Server Content-Type Configuration Code

# Nginx mime.types configuration for .heic
types {
    image/heic    heic;
}

OS Compatibility Matrix

Windows

macOS

Linux

Android

iOS

Want to test header signatures or binary files?

Run binary magic byte inspection in Magic Byte Detector.

Frequently Asked Questions

The official MIME content type for .heic files is "image/heic". Web servers use this header to instruct browsers how to render or process .heic data.