How do I rotate an image?
Add the pictures above and use the turn buttons to rotate each one left or right until it looks correct in its thumbnail. Select several (or use Select all) to turn them together. Then click Save and download the files, as one ZIP when there are several. You get the corrected picture as a new file and your original stays as it was.
Each click is a quarter turn. Two clicks in the same direction give an upside-down photo the right way up. The preview updates immediately, so there is nothing to calculate.
Tip: If a portrait photo needs to be a different shape afterwards, rotate first and crop second. The frame then lines up with the picture the way you will see it.
Why do some photos open sideways?
A phone records the way you held it as a small note inside the picture file rather than rotating the pixels. Programs that read the note show the photo upright, while others ignore it and display the raw sideways pixels. That is why an image can look right in your gallery and wrong in an upload form or a document.
Rotating and saving a new copy here writes the correct direction into the picture itself, so every program shows it the same way. It is a quick repair for photos that keep appearing on their side.
How do I rotate a scanned or photographed document?
- Sideways page. Turn it a quarter in the direction that makes the text read left to right.
- Upside down. Turn it twice, to 180 degrees.
- Slightly crooked. Quarter turns do not fix a small tilt. Retake the photo flat, or crop to trim the skewed edge.
- Need a smaller file after? Rotate first, then use Compress image so you do not shrink the picture twice.
Receipts and certificates that must be read on a small screen are worth checking in the preview before saving, since a sideways document is hard to read.
Is it safe to rotate an image online?
Yes. You open the tool online, but the rotating runs inside your browser. The picture is read, turned and returned on your own device, and nothing about the file, its name or its size is sent to a server.
After the first visit it keeps working without a connection. If you would like to verify, watch your browser’s network tab while you rotate a photo. You will see no file leave the device.