Image Rotator

Rotate an image in 90 degree steps or mirror it horizontally and vertically, then download the result as a PNG. Every adjustment redraws the picture on a canvas in your browser, so the file is never uploaded and the rotation is applied to the real pixels rather than added as display metadata.

Click or drag an image here

JPG, PNG, WebP accepted

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Why use Image Rotator?

Rotating an image sounds trivial until you hit the orientation problem. Most cameras write the photo in the sensor's native orientation and record how it should be turned in a separate EXIF field. Software that reads that field shows the picture upright, software that ignores it shows it on its side, and you end up with a file that looks correct in one app and wrong in another. This tool sidesteps that by redrawing the image on a canvas at the orientation you choose and exporting fresh pixels. There is no orientation tag left to interpret, so what you see is what every viewer will show. The canvas is sized before each draw. On a quarter turn the width and height are swapped, so rotating a tall photo produces a wide one at full resolution instead of squeezing it into the original frame. Mirroring is handled by scaling the drawing context negatively along one axis, which is why a flip can be combined with a rotation without either one interfering with the other.

Key benefits

Rotation is baked into the pixels, so it holds up in every viewer and editor
The canvas swaps width and height on quarter turns, so nothing gets cropped
Horizontal and vertical mirroring can be combined with any rotation
Loading a new image resets the rotation and both flips to a clean state
Output is PNG, so repeated adjustments never add compression artifacts

Features

Quarter turn stepping with automatic wraparound at a full circle
Independent horizontal and vertical mirror toggles
Canvas dimensions recalculated per turn so portrait and landscape both fit
Live preview of the current orientation before you download
Everything computed locally with the canvas API

Popular use cases

Straightening a photo the camera saved on its side
Mirroring a scanned page that came out reversed
Turning a screenshot to fit a portrait or landscape slot
Flipping an image so text or a logo faces the right way

How to use Image Rotator

1
Add your image
Click the upload area or drag a JPG, PNG, or WebP onto it. The preview appears straight away.
2
Rotate in quarter turns
Use the rotate buttons to step the image left or right. Each press moves it 90 degrees and the total wraps around at 360.
3
Mirror if you need to
Flip horizontal and flip vertical work independently of rotation, so you can combine a turn with a mirror.
4
Download the PNG
The result downloads as a PNG, which keeps the image lossless no matter how many turns you applied.

Frequently asked questions

Why is my photo sideways in the first place?

Cameras and phones often store the picture in one orientation and add an EXIF tag saying how to turn it. Some apps honour that tag and some ignore it, which is why the same file can look upright in one place and rotated in another. Rotating here rewrites the actual pixels, so the fix travels with the file.

Can I rotate by an angle other than 90 degrees?

No. This tool works in quarter turns only. Free angle rotation leaves empty triangles at the corners that have to be filled or cropped, which is a different job from simply reorienting a picture.

Does rotating reduce the quality?

No. Quarter turns move whole pixels to new positions without resampling, and the output is written as PNG, which is lossless. You can rotate as many times as you like without visible degradation.

What happens to a portrait image when I turn it?

The canvas swaps its width and height on any odd quarter turn, so a tall image becomes a wide one at full size. Nothing is cut off at the edges.

Is my image uploaded to a server?

No. The file is read with a local object URL and redrawn on a canvas inside the page. It never leaves your device.

Last reviewed: July 2026

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