How it works
Upload
Drop your photo into the box above — JPG, PNG or WebP. It is read locally; nothing is uploaded.
Rotate or flip
Click any button — rotate 90° clockwise or counter-clockwise, rotate 180°, or flip horizontally/vertically. Clicks stack, and the preview updates instantly.
Download
Happy with the preview? Hit Download image to save a lossless PNG. Made a mistake? Reset to original starts you over.
Fixing sideways phone photos
Ever uploaded a photo and found it lying on its side, even though it looked fine on your phone? That happens because phones store an orientation flag (EXIF data) with the photo instead of physically rotating the pixels. Many websites, apps and printers ignore that flag, so the image displays the way the sensor actually captured it — sideways or upside down.
This tool rewrites the pixels themselves. When you rotate here, the orientation becomes part of the image data, so it displays correctly everywhere — on social media, in documents, in email attachments, on any device. No flags, no guesswork.
Rotating vs. mirroring
Rotation turns the image in place: 90° spins a portrait shot into landscape (or the reverse), and 180° flips it upside down. Everything in the photo stays in the same relative order — text still reads normally.
Flipping mirrors the image: horizontal flip swaps left and right like a mirror (great for matching a profile-photo direction or fixing front-camera selfies that come out mirrored), while vertical flip inverts top and bottom. Mirroring reverses text and any left/right asymmetry, so use it when you want the mirror look — not when you just need a straight photo.
Tips
- Buttons stack — order matters. Two 90° clockwise clicks equal a 180° turn. A flip followed by a 90° rotation looks different from the rotation first, so watch the live preview as you go.
- 90° rotations swap dimensions. A 1200×900 photo becomes 900×1200 after a 90° turn — keep that in mind if the image needs to fit a fixed size later.
- Front-camera selfies often need a horizontal flip. Phones usually save selfies mirrored. One horizontal flip restores the true left-right orientation.
- Rotation is lossless. Unlike resizing, rotating and flipping just rearrange pixels — no quality is lost, and the PNG export keeps it that way.
- Need a smaller file afterward? PNG is lossless but larger than JPEG. If file size matters, run the download through our Compress Image tool.
Common uses
- Sideways phone photos — the classic fix: correct orientation that sticks everywhere.
- Mirrored selfies — un-mirror front-camera shots so text and features face the right way.
- Scanned documents — straighten pages scanned at the wrong rotation before attaching or printing.
- Social media prep — flip a shot so the subject faces the right direction for your layout.