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Editing

Image Rotate & Flip

Rotate images 90°, 180°, or any angle. Flip horizontally or vertically.

Selected files stay in your browser when this tool processes them locally

Drop your image here

or click to browse • PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF

Rotate Right

90° clockwise

Rotate Left

90° counter-clockwise

Flip Horizontal

Mirror left-right

Flip Vertical

Mirror top-bottom

image rotate - free online tool

About This Tool

Rotate and flip images by exact angles (90° steps or arbitrary degrees) or mirror them horizontally/vertically — processed locally, downloaded instantly. It fixes sideways phone scans, prepares mirrored variants for design layouts, and straightens slightly tilted photos with the fine-angle control. Rotating re-encodes the image, so the output is a fresh file; the original on disk stays untouched.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Drop your image.
  2. Use the 90° left/right buttons for quarter turns, or drag the angle slider for fine straightening (0.1° steps).
  3. Tick the flip switches for horizontal or vertical mirroring.
  4. For fine-angle rotation, choose whether empty corners get a background color or a crop-to-content result.
  5. Apply, preview, download.

Advantages & Use Cases

Straighten a scanned document tilted by 1-2°, flip a product photo to face right for catalog consistency, rotate a whiteboard photo taken in landscape while the content is portrait, or produce mirrored variants of an asymmetrical logo layout for testing.

Supported Formats & Recommendations

  • 90°/270° rotation of a JPEG keeps quality identical on re-encode.
  • Fine angles introduce small resampling softness; work from the highest-quality source you have.
  • PNG keeps hard edges crisp after rotation; JPG photos are better saved at quality 88+ when rotating by odd angles.

How We Test This Tool

Each release rotates a reference image by 90°, 180° and 37.5° and compares against the reference renderer: pixel-exact quarter turns, EXIF orientation applied before rotation, and mirrored output verified with an asymmetric test pattern.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why did my 90° rotation lose a bit of quality?

It should not — quarter turns remap pixels losslessly; only the re-encode matters, so use quality 90+. If you rotated by an odd angle, slight softness from resampling is normal.

Can I rotate a photo without re-encoding?

Yes — the Image Metadata tool can rewrite only the EXIF orientation flag for 90° fixes, leaving pixels untouched. Use full rotation when you need the pixels actually moved.

Which flip should I use for iron-on transfers?

Horizontal mirror — most printers require mirrored output so the image reads correctly after transfer.