Rotate Image
Rotate images in 90° steps and flip horizontally or vertically — full resolution, in your browser.
About this tool
Sideways photos are a fact of life — phones mis-detect orientation, scanners output landscape, screenshots come in rotated — and fixing them shouldn't require opening an editor or uploading anything. This tool rotates in precise 90° steps (left or right, tap again for 180°) and flips along either axis, with a live preview of exactly what you'll get.
Flipping deserves its own mention because it solves a specific everyday annoyance: selfies. Front cameras usually save the mirrored view you saw while shooting, which is why text in selfies reads backwards — one horizontal flip restores reality. Vertical flips handle upside-down scans, and rotate+flip combinations cover every possible orientation an image can arrive in.
The processing is lossless in the ways that matter: rotation happens on the full-resolution original via the browser's canvas (a 90° rotation simply remaps pixels — nothing is resampled), the canvas swaps width and height correctly for portrait/landscape changes, and the file keeps its format. Like every image tool on this site, your photo is processed on your device and never uploaded — the rotation happens in your browser's memory and nowhere else.
How to use the Rotate Image
- 1Choose an image.
- 2Tap 90° left/right (twice for 180°) and flip H or V as needed — the preview updates live.
- 3Check the current rotation readout under the preview.
- 4Download the corrected image at full resolution.
Frequently asked questions
Does rotating an image lose quality?
A 90°/180°/270° rotation remaps pixels without resampling, so it's effectively lossless. The only processing is re-encoding on save (95% quality for JPG) — visually indistinguishable. Arbitrary angles like 37° would require interpolation, which is why this tool sticks to clean right-angle steps.
Why does text look backwards in my selfies?
Front cameras typically save the mirrored preview you saw while shooting. One tap of 'Flip H' un-mirrors it so text and logos read correctly — the most common reason people need a flip tool.
Why does my photo appear rotated on some devices but not others?
The image likely carries an EXIF orientation flag that some software honors and some ignores. Rotating here bakes the correct orientation into the actual pixels, so it displays consistently everywhere.
Will rotating change my file size?
Slightly, because the file is re-encoded on save — usually within a few percent either way for JPG, and often smaller for PNG screenshots. Dimensions swap (width ↔ height) for 90° and 270° rotations, as you'd expect.
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