Rotate & flip images
Fix sideways photos, mirror a selfie back to normal, or turn a whole batch of scans the right way up. Rotation is applied to the actual pixels, so the image opens correctly everywhere, and it all happens on your device.
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Results
How to rotate & flip images
- Drop one or more images.
- Pick a rotation (90° right, 180°, 90° left) and, if needed, a horizontal or vertical flip.
- Choose an output format, or keep the original.
- Run and download the corrected images.
Why photos end up sideways
Most cameras and phones do not physically rotate the image when you turn the device. They save the pixels in the sensor's native orientation and write an EXIF orientation tag that says "display this rotated 90 degrees". Photo apps, browsers and modern operating systems read the tag and show the photo correctly. Plenty of software does not: older Windows programs, some web upload forms, many CMS thumbnailers, email clients and embedded devices. That is why a photo can look fine on your phone and sideways on a website.
The fix is to rotate the actual pixels and drop the tag, so there is nothing left to interpret. That is what this tool does. The output is the right way up in every viewer, because the file itself is the right way up.
Rotate or flip
| You want to | Use |
|---|---|
| Turn a sideways photo upright | Rotate 90° right or 90° left |
| Fix an upside-down scan | Rotate 180° |
| Un-mirror a front-camera selfie so text reads correctly | Flip horizontal |
| Correct a scanned negative or slide loaded backwards | Flip horizontal |
| Correct a document scanned face-down on a wrong-way scanner | Flip vertical (rarely needed) |
Rotation and flip can be combined in one pass, and the same transform is applied to every file in a batch.
Quality
Rotating by 90, 180 or 270 degrees moves pixels without resampling them, so the image is not softened. The only quality consideration is the export: if the source is a JPG and you export as JPG, it is re-encoded once, so keep the quality setting high, or export to PNG for a lossless copy. WebP at a high quality is a good middle ground.
Batch use
A stack of scans or a camera card from a shoot with the camera held one way tends to be wrong in the same direction. Drop the whole set, choose the rotation once and download everything as a ZIP. For PDFs, use the rotate PDF tool, which writes the rotation into the page rather than into pixels.
Arbitrary angles
This tool rotates in right angles only. Straightening a slightly tilted horizon by a few degrees needs an editor that can crop after rotating, since a small-angle rotation leaves empty corners. Rotate here to get the photo the right way up, then straighten in a photo editor if needed.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my photo show sideways on some devices but not others?
Phones often save the photo sideways and add an orientation tag telling viewers to rotate it. Some apps ignore the tag. This tool bakes the correct orientation into the pixels so every viewer agrees.
Does rotating lose quality?
Rotating by multiples of 90 degrees does not resample the image, so no detail is lost. If you export to JPG, keep quality high to avoid a second round of compression.
What is the difference between flip and rotate?
Rotate turns the image around its centre. Flip mirrors it, which is what you want to un-mirror a front-camera selfie or a scanned negative.
Can I rotate a batch of images at once?
Yes. The same rotation and flip are applied to every file you drop in, and the results can be downloaded as a ZIP.
Your files never leave your device
Every tool on Squishly Tools is 100% free and runs entirely inside your browser. Your images and documents are processed on your own computer and are never uploaded to a server. There are no accounts, no watermarks and no catch.