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Rotate image, without the upload.

Turn a picture a quarter turn either way, or half a turn, and save it the right way up. Photos, scans and screenshots stay on your device.

  • Free, no sign-up
  • 90, 180 or 270 degrees
  • Many JPEGs turned losslessly

Drop a picture to rotate

or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V

Ready · JPG, PNG and WebP · several at once0 bytes uploaded, ever

How to rotate an image

  1. Add your pictures

    Drop them above or choose them. Every picture on the page gets the same turn.

  2. Choose the turn

    Turn 90 degrees clockwise, 180 degrees, or 90 degrees anticlockwise. The line under the choices says what happens.

  3. Rotate and download

    Save each picture, or all of them as one .zip.

What stays and what doesn't

This is the full list of what a turn can leave out, and the row of the result names the ones your file really had. A JPEG that is turned without being saved again also keeps its colour profile, and then the row does not list the profile or the saving:

  • camera and capture details such as make, model and date taken
  • the GPS location
  • titles, authors, keywords and comments
  • the small preview stored inside the file
  • content credentials and edit history (C2PA)
  • the embedded colour profile (colours are changed to sRGB first; very saturated colours can look slightly flatter)
  • the stored print resolution
  • other data stored in or after the picture, such as a motion-photo clip, program-specific blocks or a modification time

A JPEG or WebP saved again loses a little detail.

When it won't run

Two things stop a run before it writes anything, and each is said on the file's row. A file that cannot be read is reported as damaged, and a picture too large for this device says so, with the limit. In both cases nothing is changed and your original stays as it was. A file in a format the page does not take, such as a GIF, gets a sentence instead of a row.

  • The picture is an animation. This tool would keep only the first frame, so it leaves the file alone.
  • The picture stores its colours as CMYK. This tool can't change it without altering the colours.
  • The picture stores 16 bits per colour. This tool works in 8 bits and would flatten it, so it leaves the file alone.

Rotating an image: what to expect

The turn is clockwise: 90 degrees moves the top of the picture to the right, 270 is the same as a quarter turn to the left, and 180 puts it upside down. Width and height swap after a quarter turn, and the result line shows both sizes. Because every picture gets the same turn, add the sideways ones on their own.

How a JPEG is turned depends on its size. When its width and height both fit the grid of blocks a JPEG is built from (multiples of 16 pixels, or 8 for some files), the stored data is rearranged without decoding it, so the picture is not saved again and nothing is lost. When the size does not fit, or the file is built another way, the picture is decoded, turned and saved again at about the quality it had. A PNG or a WebP is always decoded and written again, and a PNG is written exactly.

Many phone photos are stored sideways with a note that says how to show them. This page applies that note first, then your turn, and writes no note afterwards, so the result looks the same in every viewer, including the ones that ignore the note.

A picture that has to be decoded can have up to 40 megapixels as a JPEG or WebP and 50 as a PNG on a computer, and 16 megapixels on a phone. A picture over the limit is refused on its own row and your original stays as it was.

Questions

Are my pictures uploaded?

No. Your pictures are processed inside your browser, on your own phone or computer, and saved straight from this page. The reading at the top of the page counts every byte sent, and it stays at 0 B.

Is turning a JPEG lossless?

Often. When the width and height fit the block grid of the file, the data is rearranged and the picture is not saved again. Otherwise it is decoded, turned and saved again, with a small loss of detail. The row says which happened.

Can I turn some pictures one way and some another?

Not in one run, because every picture gets the same turn. Add the pictures that need one turn, save them, then do the others.

Why does my photo look turned in one program and not another?

Cameras often save a photo sideways and add a note that says how to show it. Some programs follow the note and some ignore it. This page applies the note to the pixels, so the result looks the same everywhere.

Can I turn a picture by 45 degrees?

No. Only quarter turns and half turns are offered, because any other angle leaves empty corners that need a colour and a bigger frame.

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