Image Editing
Rotate an Image Online
Photos taken with a phone held sideways often appear rotated once they are uploaded to a website or opened in software that ignores the orientation flag stored in the file. Rotating the pixels themselves fixes the problem permanently.
Load an image, rotate it in 90 degree steps, and download a file that displays correctly everywhere.
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Everything happens locally — the file is never uploaded.
How to use this tool
- 1Add the image you want to rotate.
- 2Click the rotate control until the preview looks correct.
- 3Confirm the orientation in the preview area.
- 4Download the rotated file.
Why images appear sideways
Cameras record which way the device was held in an EXIF field called Orientation, and write the sensor data unrotated. Browsers and photo apps read that field and rotate on display. Software that ignores it shows the raw, sideways pixels. Rotating here rewrites the actual pixel grid, so the orientation no longer depends on metadata being respected.
Rotation in 90 degree steps is lossless in principle
Turning an image by a multiple of 90 degrees just reorders pixels; no interpolation is needed. The re-encode that follows does introduce a small quality cost for lossy formats, so export at a high quality if the file will be edited further.
Width and height swap
After a 90 or 270 degree turn, a 1600×900 image becomes 900×1600. Layouts that expect a fixed aspect ratio need updating, so check the new dimensions before publishing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I rotate by an arbitrary angle?
This tool works in 90 degree steps, which keeps the result free of interpolation blur. Arbitrary angles require resampling and leave empty corners.
Does rotating reduce quality?
The rotation itself does not. Saving the result re-encodes the file, which has a small cost for JPG and WebP and none for PNG.
Is EXIF orientation removed?
The exported file contains freshly written pixels with no camera metadata, so nothing can misinterpret the orientation again.
Can I rotate several files at once?
Load them one at a time. Each rotation is confirmed visually before export, which avoids turning a batch the wrong way.