Does rotating lose quality?

The video is re-encoded once, so it is not lossless; to keep as much quality as possible, choose High under More settings. The picture is not stretched or distorted.

Does 90° turn the video vertical?

Yes. 90° and 270° swap the orientation: landscape becomes portrait and vice versa. 180° only turns it upside down and keeps the shape.

What is the difference between flipping and rotating?

Rotating turns the picture by an angle and keeps left and right as they are; flipping is a mirror, so left and right (or top and bottom) swap and text reads backwards. This page only rotates; to mirror, open the video in the full editor and click Horizontal or Vertical in the picture settings.

Why does a video play sideways in some players but not others?

The orientation is stored in the file’s metadata, and some players read it while others ignore it, so one file can look different in two players. Check in another player that it really is sideways before deciding how far to rotate it.

Yes, re-encoded at 128 kbps. If you don’t want it, tick “Remove audio” under More settings.

Rotate a video

Rotate a video 90°, 180° or 270° to put it the right way up.

Drop a video here, or click to choose

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Rotate a video 90, 180 or 270 degrees for free to fix footage shot the wrong way round. Runs in your browser, no upload or sign-up. For mirroring or other angles, open it in the full editor.

Held the phone sideways but it recorded upright, or the video shows up the wrong way on a computer? Usually the orientation tag in the file was not read correctly. Rotating it fixes that.

Pick 90°, 180° or 270° (90° clockwise is preselected) and click Start. “More settings” lets you choose the quality (High / Standard / Compact) or remove the audio.

There is no preview on this page — check the result after downloading. To see it as you go, rotate by any angle, or mirror horizontally or vertically, click “Open in the full editor”.

FAQ

Does rotating lose quality?: The video is re-encoded once, so it is not lossless; to keep as much quality as possible, choose High under More settings. The picture is not stretched or distorted.
Does 90° turn the video vertical?: Yes. 90° and 270° swap the orientation: landscape becomes portrait and vice versa. 180° only turns it upside down and keeps the shape.
What is the difference between flipping and rotating?: Rotating turns the picture by an angle and keeps left and right as they are; flipping is a mirror, so left and right (or top and bottom) swap and text reads backwards. This page only rotates; to mirror, open the video in the full editor and click Horizontal or Vertical in the picture settings.
Why does a video play sideways in some players but not others?: The orientation is stored in the file’s metadata, and some players read it while others ignore it, so one file can look different in two players. Check in another player that it really is sideways before deciding how far to rotate it.
Is the sound kept?: Yes, re-encoded at 128 kbps. If you don’t want it, tick “Remove audio” under More settings.

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