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How to Rotate a Photo 90 Degrees

Phone and camera files often store a photo sideways with a rotation tag that some apps ignore, so it shows up landscape when it should be portrait. Physically rotating the pixels 90° makes it correct in every viewer. Here is the fix.

The short version

Follow the steps below with the free Rotate Image 90° Right tool — it runs entirely in your browser, needs no upload, account or watermark, and finishes in about a minute.

Step by step

1
Load the photo

Bring in the mis-oriented image (up to 30).

2
Choose the direction

90° right (clockwise) is standard; left/180/270 cover the rest.

3
Note the canvas swap

A 90°/270° turn swaps width and height so nothing is clipped.

4
Export

PNG keeps transparency; orientation is now baked in.

Open the Rotate Image 90° Right toolFree · unlimited · runs in your browser

Pro tips & common mistakes

  • Baking the rotation beats relying on the EXIF orientation tag, which some apps drop.
  • Bulk-rotate an entire mis-oriented shoot in one pass.
  • Rotate before cropping so your crop maths matches the final view.

Related guides

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Frequently asked questions

Why is my photo sideways?
The camera saved it rotated with an orientation flag; not every viewer honours it — rotate the pixels to fix it permanently.
Does rotating lose quality?
A 90° turn is lossless re-mapping; only re-encoding a JPG adds negligible loss.
90 left or right?
Whichever brings the top of the subject upright — preview picks it instantly.