How to Rotate or Flip a Photo That Shows Up Sideways

A photo looks fine on your phone but appears sideways when you upload it to a website or open it on a computer. Or your selfie text is mirrored. Rotating or flipping the image fixes it permanently.

Why photos appear sideways

Phones often store a photo in one orientation plus a small note (EXIF data) that says “rotate this when displaying”. Some websites and programs ignore that note, so the photo appears sideways. Rotating the actual pixels solves it everywhere.

How to rotate or flip an image

1. Open Rotate and Flip Image.
2. Select your photo.
3. Rotate by 90, 180 or 270 degrees, or flip horizontally or vertically.
4. Download the corrected image.

Try it now: Rotate and Flip Image is free, works in your browser and needs no signup.

Rotate or flip?

• Rotate when the picture is sideways or upside down.
• Flip horizontally when text or a logo appears backwards, which is common with front-camera selfies.
• Flip vertically for reflections or special effects.

Next steps

• Trim the edges with Crop Image.
• Make the file smaller with Compress Image.
• Turn it into a PDF with JPG to PDF.

Your photos are processed in your browser and not uploaded.

Try it now: Rotate and Flip Image is free, works in your browser and needs no signup.