Image Rotator & Flipper

Rotate a photo in 90° steps and flip it horizontally or vertically, with a live preview, entirely in your browser.

runs locally on your browser. Your data never leaves your device.

Drag & drop a JPEG, PNG, or WebP image

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Common Use Cases

Fix a phone photo that was taken sideways or upside down before sharing it
Mirror a selfie or screenshot that reads backwards
Correct a scanned document or photo that came out flipped
Rotate a product photo to the right orientation before uploading it to a store listing

About Image Rotator & Flipper

A photo taken sideways, upside down, or mirrored from the wrong camera angle is one of the most common small fixes anyone needs before sharing or printing an image. This tool rotates an uploaded photo in 90° steps and flips it horizontally or vertically, entirely in your browser, with a live preview so you can see exactly how the corrected image will look before downloading it.

Click "Rotate left" or "Rotate right" to turn the photo a quarter-turn at a time; two clicks gets you a full 180°, useful for a photo that's completely upside down. The "Flip horizontal" and "Flip vertical" toggles mirror the image left-to-right or top-to-bottom independently of rotation, so you can correct a selfie that reads backwards or a scanned document that came out mirrored, and combine that with a rotation if the source needs both.

Under the hood, every rotation and flip is recomputed from your original, untouched upload each time you change a setting, never from a previously-rotated copy, using the Canvas API's own transform pipeline (a translate-then-rotate context transform for the turn, and a negative-scale transform for the mirror). Because 90° rotations and flips are exact, axis-aligned operations, there's no resampling or blurring the way an arbitrary-angle rotation would introduce, and switching settings back and forth never compounds any quality loss. The output keeps your photo's original resolution and file format.

Every step, from decoding the image and rendering the live preview to producing the downloaded file, happens locally using APIs already built into your browser. Your photo is never uploaded, transmitted, logged, or stored anywhere, even for a moment.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is my image uploaded anywhere while I rotate or flip it?
No. The image is decoded directly in your browser the moment you select it, and every rotation and flip, from the live preview to the final downloaded file, is rendered entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded, transmitted, logged, or stored anywhere.
Can I rotate by an angle other than 90°?
This tool supports 90° steps only (left, right, or a full 180° with two clicks), since that's an exact, lossless operation with no blurring or resampling. An arbitrary-angle rotation would need to resample pixels and isn't offered here.
What's the difference between rotating and flipping?
Rotating turns the whole image around its center, like spinning a photo print, so the top can end up on the left or right side. Flipping mirrors the image across an axis without turning it, so left and right (or top and bottom) swap places but stay on the same sides.
Can I combine rotation and flipping?
Yes. Rotation and both flip toggles are independent settings that apply together, and each is always computed fresh from your original upload, not from a previously-transformed copy, so switching settings back and forth never degrades the image.
Will rotating or flipping reduce my image's resolution or quality?
No. 90° rotation and flipping are exact pixel-remapping operations with no resampling. The output keeps your original image's pixel dimensions (width and height swap for a 90°/270° rotation) and your original format: JPEG and WebP re-encode at a high-quality setting, and PNG stays lossless.