Flip an image
Mirror a photo left-to-right or top-to-bottom — never uploaded.
How it works
Three steps, and nothing leaves your device.
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1
Drop in the photo
JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, SVG or an iPhone HEIC. Nothing is sent anywhere.
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Choose the axis
Horizontal mirrors left to right, which is what people usually mean by 'flip'. Vertical mirrors top to bottom. Turn on both and you have rotated the image 180°.
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Download the result
The mirror is written into the pixels, so it looks the same in every application.
Mirroring, and when you want it
- This is why you look wrong in your own photos. A phone's front camera shows you a mirrored preview, because that is what you are used to seeing in an actual mirror. Most phones then save the unmirrored version — the way other people see you. Neither one is wrong, but the two do not match, and flipping horizontally is how you get back the face you were looking at while you took the shot.
- Flipping is not rotating. A mirror swaps left and right; a rotation turns the whole frame. They look similar on a symmetrical subject and completely different on anything else. If your photo is sideways rather than reversed, you want the rotate tool instead.
- Any text in the picture will read backwards. Mirroring reverses the whole frame, lettering included. That is fine for a texture or a portrait and immediately obvious on a sign, a label or a shopfront — check the image before you publish it.
- It costs nothing in quality. A flip moves whole pixels to new positions. Nothing is resampled, nothing is interpolated, and no detail is lost. Saving re-encodes the file once, which at these settings is not visible.
- Both axes at once equals a half turn. Horizontal plus vertical produces exactly the same image as rotating 180°. If that is what you wanted, either route gets you there.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between flipping and rotating?
Flipping mirrors the image across an axis, so left and right (or top and bottom) swap places. Rotating turns the whole frame without reversing anything. A sideways photo needs rotating; a reversed one needs flipping.
Why does my selfie look different from the camera preview?
The front camera previews you mirrored, the way a real mirror would, but usually saves the unmirrored image. Flipping horizontally restores the version you saw on screen.
Does flipping reduce image quality?
No. Pixels are moved, not resampled. The file is re-encoded once on save, which is not visible at the quality used here.
Is my photo uploaded?
No. The flip is performed on your device and the file never leaves it.