Rotate & Flip Image
Rotate images in 90° steps or mirror them — free, exact, no upload.
About this tool
Drop an image in, tap the rotate and flip buttons until it's right, download. Quarter-turn rotations rearrange pixels without resampling, so nothing blurs — a PNG comes back pixel-perfect, and a JPEG gets one high-quality re-encode (the one cost JPEG always charges for editing).
Rotation, mirroring, and the phone-photo mystery
Why do photos arrive sideways at all? Phones save the sensor's native orientation and record which way up the camera was in EXIF metadata — software that reads the tag shows the photo upright, software that doesn't shows the raw sensor view. Rotating here bakes the correct orientation into the pixels themselves, which every viewer respects. On mirroring: selfie cameras preview mirrored (that's the face you know from mirrors) but usually save un-mirrored, which is why selfies "look wrong" — a horizontal flip restores the mirror view, text-on-clothing notwithstanding. For straightening a photo by a few degrees rather than quarter turns, the straighten tool crops as it rotates; the EXIF viewer shows the orientation tag itself.
Frequently asked questions
Does rotating an image lose quality?
90° steps don't resample — pixels are rearranged exactly. PNGs return bit-faithful; JPEGs need one high-quality re-encode, the unavoidable cost of editing that format.
Why was my photo sideways in the first place?
Phones save the sensor's raw orientation plus an EXIF tag saying which way up it was. Software that ignores the tag shows it sideways; rotating here fixes the pixels so every viewer agrees.
Why do my selfies look flipped?
Selfie previews are mirrored (matching what mirrors trained you to expect) but most phones save the unmirrored truth. A horizontal flip here restores the familiar view.
Can I rotate by a custom angle?
This tool does exact quarter turns and flips. For straightening a crooked horizon by a few degrees — which needs cropping and resampling — use the straighten tool instead.