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Image Rotate / Flip

Free online image rotate 90°, 180°, 270° and horizontal / vertical flip in the browser

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About this tool

Rotation and flipping rearrange pixel orientation. A 90- or 270-degree turn swaps width and height, horizontal flip creates a mirror image, and vertical flip reverses top and bottom. These operations correct camera orientation, scanned pages, and asset direction.

The tool renders a new file from the actual pixels rather than only changing an EXIF orientation tag, so the export should remain correct in applications that ignore metadata. JPG output is recompressed, while PNG is preferable for transparency or sharp line work.

How to use it

  1. Upload and assess direction

    Use text, people, and gravity as references to determine the required turn.

  2. Apply rotation or flip

    Use 90-degree increments for orientation and enable a horizontal or vertical flip only when a mirror is intended.

  3. Inspect and download

    Confirm dimensions, text direction, and complete edges, then save in a format suited to the source use.

Supported range and limits

Available operations
Rotate 90°, 180°, 270°, plus horizontal and vertical flip
Lossy?
Rotations by multiples of 90° and flips only rearrange pixels and lose nothing; though JPG output adds one re-encode
Why orientation goes wrong
Phones record orientation in an EXIF field, and software that ignores that field shows the photo lying on its side
Fixing it permanently
The exported file has its orientation baked into the pixels and no longer depends on the EXIF field
Not supported
Arbitrary angles such as 15°, which would require resampling and cropping the corners
Pairs well with
Straightening before OCR; running recognition on a level image is markedly more accurate

When you would use it

  • Correcting a phone photo

    Turn a metadata-dependent photo into a file whose pixel orientation is correct.

  • Organizing scanned pages

    Normalize sideways or upside-down pages before OCR or PDF assembly.

  • Fixing a portrait phone photo that displays sideways

    A photo that looks right in one application and lies on its side in another is fixed permanently by rotating and exporting.

What to know before you start

  • Mirroring reverses text and left-right relationships and must not be confused with ordinary rotation.
  • A non-right-angle rotation needs expanded canvas or cropping; choose from the angles actually provided by the interface.
  • Keep the original of an important photo and avoid quality loss from repeated JPG encoding.

Related concepts

pixel orientation
The real arrangement of pixels on the file canvas, independent of metadata support in the viewer.
mirror flip
Reflecting the image across a horizontal or vertical axis, which differs from rotation.

Frequently asked questions

Which rotations and flips are supported?
It supports 90°, 180° and 270° clockwise rotation, plus horizontal and vertical flips (mirroring).
Does rotating upload my image?
No. Rotation and flipping run locally in your browser and the image is never uploaded.
Does rotating reduce quality?
Right-angle rotations are lossless; exporting to a lossy format like JPG may add slight re-encoding loss.
Why does the same photo face different ways in different apps?
Phones record orientation in the EXIF Orientation field without rotating the pixels. Software that reads the field shows it correctly; software that ignores it shows the raw orientation. Rotating and exporting here bakes the orientation into the pixels so the field no longer matters.
Does rotating lose quality?
Rotations by multiples of 90° and flips only rearrange pixels and lose nothing. The only loss comes from re-encoding on JPG output; PNG to PNG is entirely lossless.

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