Rotate Image Online Free
Turn sideways photos the right way up, or mirror them. Rotate one image or a whole batch.
How to rotate an image
Add images
Select or drop your images.
Rotate or flip
Rotate all, or each image separately.
Download
Save the corrected images.
Everyday uses
- Sideways phone photos – fix them before uploading.
- Scanned documents – turn pages upright before making a PDF.
- Selfies – un-mirror front-camera photos.
Good to know
Rotation is done at full resolution. JPG photos are saved at high quality.
Private by design. Rotate Image works inside your browser. Your file is processed on your device and is not uploaded to our server.
Why a photo is upright on your phone but sideways after uploading
Phone cameras often store a photo the way the sensor saw it and add a small “orientation” note that tells apps to turn it when they show it. Your gallery reads that note; some upload forms, older Windows programs and printers ignore it, so the same photo appears sideways or upside down.
This tool shows the photo the way your browser displays it, and when you save, it writes the pixels the right way round with no orientation note left to misread. The result looks the same in every app and on every portal.
Rotate or flip?
Rotate turns the picture by a quarter turn (90°) left or right, or upside down (180°). Flip ↔ mirrors it left to right – useful for front-camera selfies where writing comes out backwards. Flip ↕ mirrors it top to bottom.
For scanned pages that are already in a PDF, use Rotate PDF instead: it turns the pages without re-saving the pictures inside.
Limits to know before you start
- JPG photos are re-saved at high quality after rotating, which is visually identical but not bit-for-bit the same file.
- Rotation is in quarter turns and flips; free-angle rotation is not available.
If something goes wrong
A picture will not open. The file may be damaged or in a format your browser cannot read. Convert it to JPG with Convert Image, or take a screenshot of it, and try again.
The photo was already shown the right way. Some apps apply the camera’s rotation tag and others do not. This tool saves the pixels the way you see them here.
Rotate Image – questions
Can I rotate each image differently?
Yes. Use the buttons on each image, or rotate all together.
Does rotating reduce quality?
JPGs are re-saved at 92% quality, which is visually identical.
Why does my photo look sideways after I upload it?
The photo carries an orientation note that your phone follows but the website ignores. Rotate it here until it looks right and save it; the saved photo has its pixels the right way round, so it shows correctly everywhere.
Can I rotate by a small angle, like 5°?
No. This tool turns pictures in quarter turns and flips them. It does not straighten slightly tilted photos.
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