How to Rotate a Video on Android (Google Photos or Browser)

Fix a sideways video on Android: in Google Photos tap Edit, open the Crop tab, tap rotate until it is upright and tap Save copy. Plus how to flip a video, and how to rotate it free in Chrome with rotate.video, with no app and no upload.

Written guide How to rotate a video on Android Google Photos, your gallery app, or Chrome on any phone. Read the guide →

Key moments

1. 1 Introduction , starts at 0:00
2. 2 Open the editor , starts at 0:15
3. 3 Rotate in the Crop tab , starts at 0:21
4. 4 Save a copy , starts at 0:36
5. 5 Flip a mirrored video , starts at 0:43
6. 6 Or use your browser , starts at 0:54

Transcript

Introduction 0:00

1. 0:00 Here's how to rotate a video on Android, in Google Photos or right in your browser.
2. 0:06 Google Photos is on most Android phones, and its editor works without signing in.
3. 0:11 It turns a video in quarter turns and saves a copy.

Open the editor 0:15

1. 0:15 Open Google Photos and tap your video.
2. 0:18 Then tap Edit, at the bottom of the screen.

Rotate in the Crop tab 0:21

1. 0:21 The editor opens on the Video tab.
2. 0:24 Tap Crop.
3. 0:26 Now tap the rotate button, second from the left.
4. 0:29 Each tap turns the video ninety degrees counterclockwise.
5. 0:32 This clip needs a clockwise turn, so it takes three taps.

Save a copy 0:36

1. 0:36 When it's upright, tap Save copy.
2. 0:38 Photos saves the rotated video as a new copy, and keeps the original.

Flip a mirrored video 0:43

1. 0:44 To mirror a video, tap Flip horizontally, right next to rotate.
2. 0:48 Then play the saved copy to check it. In our test, a flipped portrait clip saved upside down.

Or use your browser 0:54

1. 0:55 You can also rotate it without an app.
2. 0:57 Open rotate.video in Chrome and tap Choose video.
3. 1:01 Pick your video in the photo picker.
4. 1:03 Then tap Turn right, for a quarter turn clockwise.
5. 1:06 Quarter turns are lossless.
6. 1:09 Tap Export video, then Download video.
7. 1:12 Chrome saves it to your Downloads folder.
8. 1:15 Rotate your next video free at rotate.video.