Rotate Image
Rotate, flip, and mirror images
How to use Rotate Image
Upload your image
Click the upload area or drag and drop your image file (JPG, PNG, WebP, or other formats).
Choose rotation or flip
Click the rotation buttons to rotate 90°, 180°, or 270°, or use the flip buttons for a horizontal or vertical mirror.
Download the rotated image
Click Download to save the result in the same format as the original.
Drop an image here
JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF, BMP, HEIC
Max 50 MB
What is image rotation?
Image rotation changes the orientation of a photo or graphic. Use it to correct a photo taken sideways, flip a scanned document, or create a mirror image. Rotation is applied directly to the pixel data, ensuring correct orientation in every app and device.
The tool supports rotating by 90, 180, or 270 degrees clockwise, and flipping horizontally or vertically. See our processing model for how this tool handles your files.
Rotation is commonly needed when smartphone photos display sideways because the viewing application does not respect the EXIF orientation tag embedded by the camera. This happens frequently when uploading photos to older web forms, embedding images in documents, or sending images to printing services. Rather than relying on metadata that may be stripped or ignored, this tool writes the rotation directly into the pixel data so the image displays correctly in every application, on every device, and in every browser without exception.
Flipping is useful for creating mirror images for design work, correcting scanned documents that were fed backwards, or preparing images for screen printing and transfer applications where a mirrored version is required. The tool preserves the original image format and quality — for PNG and lossless WebP, the operation is completely lossless. For JPG images, a high-quality re-encode is performed that is visually indistinguishable from the original. If you need to both rotate and crop an image, rotate first to get the correct orientation, then use Crop Image to trim the result.
Frequently asked questions
Does rotating an image reduce its quality?
For PNG and WebP, rotation is entirely lossless — no pixels are altered. For JPG, a quality-preserving re-encode is performed which is visually equivalent to the original.
What is the difference between rotating and flipping?
Rotating turns the image clockwise or counter-clockwise (90°, 180°, 270°). Flipping creates a mirror image — horizontally (left becomes right) or vertically (top becomes bottom).
Why do photos sometimes appear sideways?
Camera sensors record orientation in EXIF metadata rather than rotating pixel data. Some apps respect this metadata; others ignore it, causing images to appear sideways. This tool applies the rotation to the actual pixel data so it displays correctly everywhere.
Is there a file size limit?
The tool handles images up to 50 MB.
Can I rotate an image by a custom angle like 45 degrees?
This tool supports fixed rotations of 90, 180, and 270 degrees, which cover the vast majority of orientation correction needs. Fixed-angle rotation preserves all pixel data without introducing blank corners or requiring cropping. Arbitrary angle rotation (like 45 degrees) requires interpolation and typically leaves triangular blank areas at the corners, which is why it is handled by full image editors rather than a quick rotation tool.
How do I fix a photo taken upside down?
Upload the photo and click the 180-degree rotation button. The image will be flipped to the correct orientation instantly. If only some photos in a set are upside down, rotate them individually and download each corrected version.