How to flip an image
- Press Choose images and select one photo or many. The first one appears as a preview.
- Press Flip horizontal or Flip vertical. Add a rotation if you need one. Every press acts on what you see, and Reset goes back to the original.
- Check the size line under the preview, then press Flip images.
- Download the file. A photo called
selfie.jpgcomes back asselfie-flipped.jpg.
Horizontal flip, vertical flip and rotation compared
| Action | What happens | Output size | Text readable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flip horizontal | Left and right swap, like a mirror | Same | No, reversed |
| Flip vertical | Top and bottom swap | Same | No, upside down and reversed |
| Rotate 90° left or right | Turned a quarter | Width and height swap | Yes |
| Rotate 180° | Turned upside down (same as both flips) | Same | Yes, but upside down |
Why flip a photo?
- Selfies. Some phones save the front camera as a mirror image of what you saw on screen, so signs and writing in the background read backwards. A horizontal flip fixes that.
- Layouts and design. Mirroring a picture makes the subject face into the page, or lets you reuse one image on both sides of a layout.
- Scans and slides. Pictures taken through glass or from the wrong side of a negative come out reversed.
- Sideways photos. If a picture ended up on its side or upside down, use the rotate buttons. Rotating by hand is quicker than hunting for a separate tool.
Batch: one change for many photos
Choose several images and the same flip and rotation is applied to each. Different sizes and shapes are fine, because each file is turned independently. The result is a ZIP with every picture, named with -flipped or -rotated, and a link for each single file. Only the first image is shown in the preview to keep the page fast, so if the batch is mixed (some already upright, some not), do the odd ones separately.
Quality, file type and privacy
A flip or a quarter turn rearranges the pixels exactly; nothing is resampled or blurred. Saving a JPG or WebP compresses the picture again (92% quality), which loses a very small amount of detail per save, so work from your original rather than a copy that has been through many edits. PNG files stay lossless.
The picture is drawn again on a canvas, which means EXIF metadata, including GPS location, camera model and time, is not copied to the new file. Phone photos that carry a rotation flag are turned upright first, so what you see in the preview is what you get. iPhone HEIC files are not supported yet: set Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible to save JPGs.
After flipping
Need a different shape or size? Crop the image or resize it for Instagram or a size limit. To put several flipped photos into a document, use JPG to PDF.
Frequently asked questions
How do I flip an image?
Press Choose images and pick one or more photos. Press Flip horizontal to mirror left and right, or Flip vertical to turn it upside down in a mirror. The preview shows the result straight away. When it looks right, press Flip images and download the file.
What is the difference between flipping and rotating?
Flipping makes a mirror image: left and right swap (horizontal) or top and bottom swap (vertical), so text reads backwards. Rotating turns the picture around without mirroring it, so text stays readable. Rotate 180° is the same as flipping both horizontally and vertically.
How do I mirror an image?
Mirroring an image is the same as a horizontal flip. Press Flip horizontal. For a reflection effect where the top becomes the bottom, use Flip vertical. You can combine both with the rotate buttons, and each button acts on what you currently see in the preview.
Can I rotate an image as well?
Yes. Rotate left 90°, Rotate right 90° and Rotate 180° are next to the flip buttons, and you can combine them with a flip. A 90° turn swaps the width and height of the picture, which the preview and the size line show.
Can I flip many images at once?
Yes. Choose several images and the same flip or rotation is applied to all of them. One image downloads directly; several come as a ZIP, and each file also has its own link. The preview shows the first image only.
Is it free, and are my photos uploaded?
It is free, with no sign-up or watermark. Your photos are never uploaded: they are flipped by code in your browser and stay on your device. You can turn off your internet connection after the page has loaded and it still works.
Does flipping reduce the quality?
Flipping and 90° turns move pixels without changing them, so nothing is blurred. The file is saved again though: JPG and WebP are compressed once more (92% quality here), which costs a very small amount of detail, and PNG stays lossless. Keep your original photo.
Will the file name and format change?
The format stays the same (JPG, PNG or WebP; GIF and BMP files are saved as PNG). The name gets a suffix: photo.jpg becomes photo-flipped.jpg when anything is mirrored, or photo-rotated.jpg when you only rotated.
Does it remove my photo's location and other metadata?
Yes. The picture is redrawn on a canvas and saved fresh, so EXIF data such as GPS location, camera model and time is not copied to the new file. That makes the flipped copy safer to share. The photo's own rotation flag is applied to the pixels first, so a phone photo that looked sideways comes out upright.
Can I flip an iPhone HEIC photo?
Not directly yet, because most browsers cannot decode HEIC. On iPhone, set Settings, Camera, Formats to Most Compatible so new photos are saved as JPG, or export the photo as JPG from the Photos app first. Selfies are a common reason to flip: many phones save the front camera as a mirror image of what you saw.