How to rotate an image
- Add your image. Drop a JPG, PNG or WebP file, or several at once. Photos open the right way up, using the orientation your camera recorded.
- Turn or flip it. Rotate left or right in 90° steps, turn it 180°, or mirror it horizontally or vertically.
- Straighten if needed. Drag the slider until the horizon or a wall is level. The preview shows the exact result.
- Download. Save one image, or all of them as a ZIP. The original files are not changed.
Which rotation do you need?
| Problem | Use | Size change |
|---|---|---|
| Photo lies on its side, top at the left | Rotate right 90° | Width and height swap |
| Photo lies on its side, top at the right | Rotate left 90° | Width and height swap |
| Scan or photo is upside down | Rotate 180° | None |
| Selfie text reads backwards | Flip horizontal | None |
| Horizon or document is slightly tilted | Straighten by −5° to 5° | Slightly smaller when cropped |
Straightening a tilted photo
A camera held a little off level makes the horizon, a doorframe or the edge of a document slope. Positive angles turn the image clockwise and negative angles turn it counterclockwise. Most tilts are under 5°, so small steps are enough. Look at a line that should be horizontal or vertical, and move the slider until it is.
Rotating by anything other than a right angle leaves empty triangles at the corners. Crop to remove corners trims the image to the largest rectangle with no gaps, which is what phone photo editors do. Fit whole image keeps every pixel and makes the canvas larger, with the corners filled in the color you choose or left transparent in PNG and WebP. Keep original size keeps the same width and height and lets the corners of the photo fall off the edge.
Rotate versus flip
Rotating turns the whole picture around its center: nothing is mirrored, so text stays readable. Flipping mirrors the picture, swapping left and right (horizontal) or top and bottom (vertical). Front cameras often save mirrored selfies, so text on a T-shirt reads backwards; a horizontal flip fixes that. Flipping twice in the same direction returns the original.
Sideways photos and EXIF orientation
Phones and cameras rarely rotate the pixels when you turn them. They save the image as the sensor saw it and add an Orientation tag that tells viewers how to display it. Most apps follow the tag, but some upload forms, older software and email clients do not, so the same photo can look correct on your phone and sideways on a website. Rotating it here writes the pixels in the correct orientation and leaves the tag out, which fixes it for every app. You can see a photo’s orientation tag and other details in the Image Metadata Viewer.
Frequently asked questions
How do I rotate an image?
Choose or drop an image, then use Rotate left or Rotate right to turn it 90° at a time, or 180° to turn it upside down. The preview updates immediately. Download the rotated image when it looks right.
Can I rotate an image by a custom angle, such as 2 degrees?
Yes. Use the Straighten slider or type an angle between −45° and 45°, in steps of 0.1°. Choose “Crop to remove corners” to trim the empty triangles a small rotation leaves, or “Fit whole image” to keep every pixel and fill the corners with a background color.
Why does my photo look sideways in some apps and not others?
Phones usually save the picture in the sensor’s orientation and add an EXIF tag that tells apps to turn it. Apps that ignore the tag show it sideways. This tool applies the tag when it opens the photo, and saves a new file with the pixels already the right way up and no orientation tag, so it looks the same everywhere.
Does rotating reduce image quality?
Turning by 90° or 180° and flipping move pixels without blurring them. JPG and WebP files are re-encoded on download at high quality (92%), and PNG output is lossless. Any other angle needs pixels to be interpolated, which softens fine detail slightly, as in every editor.
Can I rotate several images at once?
Yes. Choose up to 50 images. The same rotation and flip are applied to all of them, and you can download them one by one or together as a ZIP file.
Are my images uploaded?
No. Images are decoded, rotated and saved by your browser. Nothing is sent to SuperUtils, and the new files do not carry over EXIF data such as location.