Rotate images online.
Fix orientation, instantly.
Rotate 90°, 180°, or 270°, or set a custom angle. Supports JPEG, PNG and WebP — everything runs in your browser.
Free · No account · No upload
Drop an image here
JPEG · PNG · WebP
Three steps. Instant results.
Drop your image
Drag any JPEG, PNG, or WebP onto the rotate tool, or click to browse from your device.
Choose rotation
Click Rotate Left or Rotate Right to rotate 90° at a time. For 180°, click twice. Or enter a custom angle directly.
Download rotated image
Your rotated image is ready instantly — orientation baked into pixels, no EXIF ambiguity, no upload.
Why rotate an image?
Photo rotation is one of the most common everyday image editing tasks. Smartphones and cameras embed orientation information in EXIF metadata, but many applications, websites, and sharing platforms do not read this data consistently — so a perfectly composed portrait displays sideways in one app and correctly in another.
Rotating the image and re-saving permanently embeds the correct pixel orientation, eliminating display inconsistencies across all viewers and platforms.
Common reasons to rotate
- EXIF orientation compatibility. Photos stored rotated with an EXIF orientation tag appear sideways on websites and older software that ignores EXIF. Rotating bakes the correct orientation into the file permanently.
- Scanned documents and photos. Flatbed scanners frequently produce images rotated 90° or 180° depending on how the original was placed. Rotating the scan corrects this without quality loss for PNG output.
- Landscape photos taken sideways. If you held your phone sideways or the shutter triggered during reorientation, the resulting image may be 90° off. One click fixes it.
- Social media and CMS uploads. Many CMS platforms and social networks do not correctly interpret EXIF orientation. Uploading a pixel-level rotated image guarantees it displays correctly everywhere.
- Email and messaging apps. Outlook, Gmail, and many messaging platforms do not reliably preserve EXIF orientation. Rotating before sending ensures the recipient sees it correctly.
- Print preparation. Printing services and design software sometimes import images with the wrong orientation relative to the page layout. Pre-rotating ensures correct positioning in the final print.
90°, 180°, 270° — which do you need?
- Use 90° clockwise if your portrait photo appears as landscape with the top on the right side.
- Use 90° counter-clockwise if your portrait photo appears as landscape with the top on the left side.
- Use 180° if your image appears completely upside down.
Privacy by architecture
Your image never leaves your browser.
The rotate tool uses the browser's native Canvas API. Your images are rotated and exported entirely on your own hardware — nothing is transmitted, stored, or logged at any point.
- No server upload — rotation happens on your own CPU
- Strips the EXIF orientation flag that caused display issues
- No account or sign-up required to use any feature
- Works offline once the page has loaded