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Image Rotator

Turn a sideways photo the right way up — permanently, in the pixels themselves.

Runs in your browser — your files are never uploaded

Drop an image here

or

JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 30 MB. The rotation is applied to the pixels on your device — the image is never uploaded.

About the Image Rotator

A photo that looks upright on your phone and sideways everywhere else is not a broken file — it is an EXIF orientation tag. The camera saved the image in the sensor's orientation and wrote a note saying which way to turn it. Software that reads the note shows it correctly; software that ignores the note shows it on its side.

That is why rotating a photo in a viewer often does not stick. Many viewers only change the tag, so the next program to ignore the tag puts the photo back on its side.

This tool rotates the pixels themselves. The image really is turned, the orientation tag is gone, and every piece of software will agree about which way is up — including the ones that were causing the problem.

As well as quarter turns you can mirror the image across either axis. Flipping horizontally is what makes a selfie match what other people see, rather than the reversed version you are used to in a mirror.

The turn happens on your device and you see the result immediately. Rotating by a multiple of ninety degrees moves whole pixels around with nothing thrown away, so the only quality cost is the re-encoding — choose PNG if you want even that to be nothing.

How to use the Image Rotator

  1. Add an image

    Drag it in or browse. The preview already shows it the right way up, since the page honours the orientation tag.

  2. Turn or flip it

    Quarter turns either way, and mirroring across or down. They combine, so any orientation is two clicks at most.

  3. Pick the output format

    JPG for a normal photo, PNG if you want the rotation to cost absolutely no quality at all.

  4. Download

    The downloaded file is genuinely rotated, so every program will show it the same way up.

Frequently asked questions

Why does my photo keep going back to sideways?
Because whatever rotated it only changed the EXIF orientation tag rather than the image. The next program that ignores that tag shows the original orientation again. This tool rotates the actual pixels, so there is nothing left to ignore.
Does rotating lose quality?
The rotation itself loses nothing — a quarter turn moves whole pixels with no interpolation. Saving as JPG re-encodes the result, which costs a little. Save as PNG and the output is pixel-for-pixel identical to the turned original.
What is the difference between rotating and flipping?
Rotating turns the image; flipping mirrors it. A flipped photo is reversed, so text in it reads backwards. Flipping horizontally is what makes a selfie look the way other people see you rather than the way a mirror does.
Can I rotate by an arbitrary angle?
Not here. Quarter turns are exact and lossless; an arbitrary angle requires resampling every pixel and leaves empty corners that have to be filled or cropped. This tool does the exact case well rather than the general case badly.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The rotation is applied by your own browser on a canvas, so the photo never leaves your device.

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