Rotate 90° clockwise
Turn a landscape image into portrait orientation, or fix a photo taken with the phone held sideways.
Rotate and Flip Images Online for Free
Fix sideways photos, create mirror effects, and rotate images to any angle. Supports JPG, PNG, and WebP — all processing runs locally in your browser.
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JPG, PNG, WebP, BMP, GIF, AVIF, TIFF • Max 25 images
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Per-Image Control
Rotate and flip each image individually with inline controls, or apply settings to all at once.
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Flip & Mirror
Flip images horizontally, vertically, or both. Combine with rotation for any orientation.
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100% Private
All transformations run in your browser. No images are uploaded or stored anywhere.
Rotation and Flip Operations
Rotate 180°
Flip a photo that is completely upside down — common with some scanner outputs and camera orientations.
Flip horizontal / vertical
Mirror an image for design symmetry, create a reflection effect, or correct scanned text that appears reversed.
Why Phone Photos Appear Sideways
Modern phones store orientation information in the image EXIF data rather than physically rotating the pixels. When you take a photo in landscape mode, the phone records the pixels in their natural sensor orientation and adds a metadata tag saying the photo should be displayed rotated 90 degrees. Applications that read EXIF data — like the Photos app on your phone — display it correctly. Applications that ignore EXIF — like some web browsers and upload forms — show the image sideways.
The fix is to physically rotate the pixels and save the file. This tool does exactly that — it transforms the pixel data so the image opens correctly in every application, regardless of whether EXIF metadata is read.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does rotating an image reduce quality?
- No. Rotation is a geometric transformation. The pixel data is rearranged, not re-encoded. The image quality stays identical.
- Why does my phone photo appear sideways when uploaded to a website?
- Phones store orientation data in the EXIF metadata rather than physically rotating the image. Some apps read the EXIF and display correctly; others ignore it. Rotating and saving produces a file that looks correct everywhere.
- Can I flip an image vertically as well as horizontally?
- Yes. Vertical flip (top-to-bottom mirror) and horizontal flip (left-to-right mirror) are both available.
- Can I rotate animated GIF images?
- Support varies by tool. For still images — JPG, PNG, WebP — rotation is fully supported.
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