How to Rotate a Video Online (Free, Lossless, No Upload)

Rotate a sideways or upside-down video in your browser with rotate.video: click Turn right, Turn left or Upside down, then export. Quarter turns are lossless, mirroring is one click, and your file is never uploaded.

Free tool Rotate a video online Turn any video 90°, 180° or 270° in your browser. Quarter turns are lossless. Open the tool →

Key moments

1. 1 Introduction , starts at 0:00
2. 2 Open your video , starts at 0:14
3. 3 Choose the rotation , starts at 0:29
4. 4 Lossless quarter turns , starts at 0:44
5. 5 Mirror if needed , starts at 1:05
6. 6 Export and download , starts at 1:16
7. 7 Private and free , starts at 1:29
8. 8 Recap , starts at 1:36

Transcript

Introduction 0:00

1. 0:00 Here's how to rotate a video online, free, right in your browser.
2. 0:05 If a phone video plays sideways, you don't need an app to fix it.
3. 0:09 rotate.video turns it the right way up, and your file never leaves your device.

Open your video 0:14

1. 0:15 Go to rotate.video, then click Select video, or drag your file onto the page.
2. 0:20 MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV all work.
3. 0:24 Your video opens straight away in the preview.
4. 0:27 The quick fixes are on the right.

Choose the rotation 0:29

1. 0:30 To turn it a quarter turn clockwise, click Turn right.
2. 0:33 The preview turns upright straight away.
3. 0:36 Click Upside down if it plays on its head, or Turn left to turn it counterclockwise.
4. 0:41 The bracket keys turn it left and right, too.

Lossless quarter turns 0:44

1. 0:44 With the default settings, quarter turns are lossless.
2. 0:47 The video isn't re-encoded. Only its orientation flag changes, so it's instant and keeps full quality.
3. 0:55 A 90° turn also swaps the width and height, so a 720 by 1280 video becomes 1280 by 720.

Mirror if needed 1:05

1. 1:05 If the picture is mirrored, click Mirror, or press H.
2. 1:08 Flip vertically is under More options.
3. 1:11 Flips redraw every frame, so the export re-encodes, at high quality.

Export and download 1:16

1. 1:16 When it looks right, click Export video.
2. 1:18 Quarter turns finish almost instantly.
3. 1:22 Then click Download video to save your rotated MP4.
4. 1:26 The new size is shown right above the button.

Private and free 1:29

1. 1:29 Everything happens in your browser, so your video is never uploaded.
2. 1:33 There's no signup and no watermark.

Recap 1:36

1. 1:36 Here's the recap.
2. 1:38 Open your video.
3. 1:39 Turn it until it looks right.
4. 1:41 Then export and download it.
5. 1:43 Rotate your next video free at rotate.video.