Rotate Image
Phone cameras usually get the direction of a photo right, but not always. Scanned documents come out sideways, screenshots sit at odd angles, and some apps save pictures rotated without telling you. This free Rotate Image tool turns a picture to the left, to the right, upside down, or by a small custom angle to straighten a slightly tilted horizon, all inside your browser.
The big quarter-turn buttons handle the common cases: a portrait photo saved as landscape, or a document scanned upside down. The fine angle slider handles the subtle ones, like a photo of a building that leans two degrees to one side. Because rotating by a small angle makes the corners of the picture stick out, the tool automatically expands the canvas so nothing is cut off. The empty corners are transparent in the downloaded PNG. Everything is processed locally on your device; your image is never uploaded anywhere.
How to use
- Click the file box and choose the image you want to rotate.
- Use Rotate Left or Rotate Right to turn it in 90 degree steps.
- Use the 180 degree button if the image is completely upside down.
- Drag the fine angle slider to straighten small tilts, from -45 to +45 degrees.
- Press Reset at any time to return to the original direction.
- Click Download Rotated Image to save the result as a PNG.
Frequently asked questions
Does rotating reduce image quality?
The 90 and 180 degree turns simply rearrange the same pixels, so they lose nothing. Small custom angles resample the image once, which can soften it very slightly. The download is a PNG, so no extra compression loss is added.
Why does the rotated image have empty corners?
When a rectangle turns inside a frame, its corners point outward and the space they leave behind is empty. The tool grows the canvas to fit the whole rotated picture instead of cropping it, and those empty corner areas are left transparent.
Can I rotate a photo by exactly 30 degrees?
Yes. Combine the buttons and the slider: for example, rotate right 90 degrees is too far, so instead use only the slider for smaller angles, or use a 90 degree turn plus the slider to reach angles like 100 or 135 degrees in total.
Are my images uploaded anywhere?
No. Rotation happens on a canvas inside your browser. Your file stays on your device from start to finish.