How to rotate an image
- 1 Drop your images into the box, or press browse.
- 2 Press Left, Right or 180° to rotate, and Horizontal or Vertical to flip.
- 3 Check the thumbnails, which show the result.
- 4 Press Save to download the images.
Why photos show sideways on some websites
A phone camera does not turn the picture itself. It saves the image as the sensor saw it and adds an orientation tag saying which way is up. Your gallery reads that tag, but some websites, upload forms and older programs ignore it, so the photo appears sideways.
- This tool bakes the rotation in: the pixels are turned and the tag is removed, so the image looks the same everywhere.
- Flip vs rotate: flipping mirrors the picture, which is useful for selfies where text appears backwards.
- Re-saving JPGs is done at high quality, so the change is not visible.
Rotating a whole document rather than a picture? Use Rotate PDF. To read text from a straightened photo of a page, try Image to Text (OCR).
Features
Rotate and flip
90°, 180° and mirror in both directions.
Live previews
Thumbnails show the change before you save.
Batch editing
The same change is applied to every image.
Same quality
Output in the original format at high quality.
When to use it
Sideways photos
Fix photos taken with the phone turned. Trim the straightened photo with Crop Image.
Selfies
Un-mirror front-camera selfies. Read text from a straightened page with Image to Text (OCR).
Scanned pages
Turn scans the right way up. iPhone HEIC photos can be converted with HEIC to JPG.
Design
Create mirrored versions of graphics. Shrink rotated photos for email with Compress Image.
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Frequently asked questions
Are my images uploaded to a server?
No. Your images are processed by your own browser and never leave your device, so private photos, ID cards and documents stay private. Once the page has loaded, the tool even works offline.
How do I fix a sideways photo?
Press Left or Right until the thumbnail looks correct, then press Save.
How do I un-mirror a selfie?
Press Horizontal to flip it left to right.
Does rotating reduce quality?
The image is saved again at high quality. PNG images stay lossless.
Can I rotate only some images?
The change applies to the whole list. Remove the images you do not want to change first.
Why did my photo already look rotated?
Phones store rotation as a tag. This tool applies it first, so you see the photo as it really looks.
Can I do many images at once?
Yes. Drop as many images as you like. One image downloads on its own, and several come together in a single ZIP file.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. It works in Chrome, Safari and other modern browsers on Android and iPhone. Pick photos straight from your gallery or files.
How do I open the ZIP file?
On Windows and Mac, double-click it. On Android and iPhone, open it in the Files app, which can unzip it with one tap.
Can I rotate by any angle, such as 45 degrees?
This tool rotates in 90 degree steps, which keeps the image sharp and the edges clean.
Will the image size change?
The size in pixels stays the same, but width and height swap places when you rotate by 90 degrees.
Can I rotate a photo on my phone?
Yes. Pick the photo, tap rotate or flip, and download. The fix is saved into the file, so it shows the right way everywhere.
How this tool works. These image tools run entirely in your browser using the Canvas API built into every modern browser, the open-source libheif decoder for iPhone HEIC photos and Tesseract, a widely used open-source OCR engine, for reading text. Each tool is tested with real phone photos, screenshots and scans before it goes live, and nothing you open is sent to a server.
Built and reviewed by Hamza Farooq, founder and lead developer
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