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

* Duration:  1:49
* Published: November 4, 2026
* English captions

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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.

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## Key moments

1. [ Introduction , starts at  0:00 ](#t=0)
2. [ Open your video , starts at  0:14 ](#t=14)
3. [ Choose the rotation , starts at  0:29 ](#t=29)
4. [ Lossless quarter turns , starts at  0:44 ](#t=44)
5. [ Mirror if needed , starts at  1:05 ](#t=65)
6. [ Export and download , starts at  1:16 ](#t=76)
7. [ Private and free , starts at  1:29 ](#t=89)
8. [ Recap , starts at  1:36 ](#t=96)

## Transcript

### Introduction  0:00

1. [ 0:00 Here's how to rotate a video online, free, right in your browser. ](#t=0)
2. [ 0:05 If a phone video plays sideways, you don't need an app to fix it. ](#t=5)
3. [ 0:09 rotate.video turns it the right way up, and your file never leaves your device. ](#t=9)

### Open your video  0:14

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

### Choose the rotation  0:29

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

### Lossless quarter turns  0:44

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

### Mirror if needed  1:05

1. [ 1:05 If the picture is mirrored, click Mirror, or press H. ](#t=65)
2. [ 1:08 Flip vertically is under More options. ](#t=68)
3. [ 1:11 Flips redraw every frame, so the export re-encodes, at high quality. ](#t=71)

### Export and download  1:16

1. [ 1:16 When it looks right, click Export video. ](#t=76)
2. [ 1:18 Quarter turns finish almost instantly. ](#t=78)
3. [ 1:22 Then click Download video to save your rotated MP4. ](#t=82)
4. [ 1:26 The new size is shown right above the button. ](#t=86)

### Private and free  1:29

1. [ 1:29 Everything happens in your browser, so your video is never uploaded. ](#t=89)
2. [ 1:33 There's no signup and no watermark. ](#t=93)

### Recap  1:36

1. [ 1:36 Here's the recap. ](#t=96)
2. [ 1:38 Open your video. ](#t=98)
3. [ 1:39 Turn it until it looks right. ](#t=99)
4. [ 1:41 Then export and download it. ](#t=101)
5. [ 1:43 Rotate your next video free at rotate.video. ](#t=103)

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