Rotate a video 90 degrees clockwise using FFmpeg transpose filter, correcting videos recorded in the wrong orientation on phones or cameras without re-encoding unnecessarily
Our free video rotate tool turns any clip the right way up in seconds, so a video that was recorded sideways or upside down finally plays the way it should on every screen. Upload your file, rotate it, and download a corrected video that looks exactly as you meant it to. Under the hood it uses the professional FFmpeg transpose filter to rotate a video 90 degrees clockwise, fixing footage that was captured in the wrong orientation on a phone or camera. Apply the rotation once for a quarter turn, twice for a full upside-down fix, and you have a properly oriented file. It is completely free to rotate video online, with no watermark, and nothing to install.
Learning how to rotate a video with File Tools Online takes three quick steps, and you do not need any video editing software. Everything runs online in your browser.
Drag and drop your clip into the box above, or click to browse and select the file from your device. Common formats like MP4, MOV, AVI, and MKV are all welcome.
Each rotation turns the video 90 degrees clockwise. Apply it once for a quarter turn, twice to flip an upside-down video, or three times for a 90 degree counter-clockwise result.
Rotate and download the corrected file. Your video is processed securely and deleted within 30 minutes, so nothing lingers on our servers.
The rotated video plays in any player exactly like the original, only now it is the right way up. The picture, sound, and length are unchanged, just reoriented, which makes it easy to post to social media, drop into an edit, or share with anyone without them having to tilt their head.
Plenty of "rotate video" tools ask you to install a heavy editor, sit through ads, or accept a watermark stamped across your clip. Ours does one job cleanly: it uses FFmpeg, the same professional engine trusted across the video industry, to rotate a video without fuss and without touching the quality.
Rotate a video 90 degrees clockwise with a single action, then repeat it to reach 180 or 270 degrees. No confusing angle sliders to wrestle with.
Powered by the FFmpeg transpose filter, the industry standard for video processing, so your orientation is corrected precisely and reliably.
Rotating only changes how the frames are oriented, so your clip keeps its original sharpness, colour, and audio track.
Rotate video free online with no trial, no logo added to your footage.
Files are processed over an encrypted connection and automatically deleted within 30 minutes. Your videos stay yours.
Runs online on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook, Android, and iPhone. Nothing to download and nothing to install.
Every rotation this tool applies turns your video 90 degrees clockwise. That single quarter turn is all it takes to fix the most common problem: a clip that was filmed in portrait but ends up lying on its side, or one that shows the world at a right angle to how you shot it. If your video is tilted the other way, keep rotating and it will come back around.
Here is the simple math. One rotation is 90 degrees clockwise. Run it twice and you get 180 degrees, which is exactly what an upside-down video needs to be flipped upright. Run it a third time and you reach 270 degrees, which is the same as turning the clip 90 degrees counter-clockwise. So whether your footage is a quarter turn to the left, a quarter turn to the right, or completely inverted, you can get it perfectly level by rotating one, two, or three times.
Because each step is a clean 90 degree turn, you never end up with a crooked frame or black bars from an odd angle. The result is a video that fills the frame properly and plays upright on phones, laptops, televisions, and social feeds alike.
Wrong-way footage shows up more often than you would think, and it is almost always an easy fix. Here are the situations where people reach for a rotate video tool.
File Tools Online offers more than 100 free tools to convert, edit, and manage your files. These are the ones people use most alongside the video rotator.
It can feel like a bug when a clip you filmed perfectly upright suddenly appears on its side, but there is a simple reason. When you record with a phone, the camera captures the frames in a fixed way and stores a small rotation flag in the file that tells the player which way to display them. Your phone reads that flag and shows the video correctly, so it always looks right on the device you shot it on.
The trouble starts when you move the file somewhere that ignores or mishandles that flag. Some desktop players, editors, upload forms, and social platforms do not read the rotation metadata the same way, so they play the raw frames as stored, which is why the same clip that looked fine on your phone ends up sideways on a laptop. Recording while the phone was held at an in-between angle, or with auto-rotate turned off, can leave the flag wrong from the start too.
Rotating the video with this tool solves the problem at the source. Instead of relying on a flag that some players honour and others ignore, it actually turns the frames themselves so the picture is upright everywhere. Once the footage is baked in the correct orientation, it plays the same way on every device and every platform, no head-tilting required.
Because this is an online video rotator, it works the same on every device. There is no program to install on Windows, no app to download on Mac, and nothing to add to your phone, you use the exact same page whether you are on a laptop, a Chromebook, an Android device, or an iPhone.
That makes it easy to rotate a video on Mac, on a work computer where you cannot install software, or straight from your phone before you post a clip. The rotation runs on our servers using FFmpeg, so even a longer video is processed quickly no matter how powerful your own device is. All you need is a browser and an internet connection, and you can turn any clip the right way up in a couple of clicks.
Yes. The videos people rotate are often personal recordings, family moments, and work footage, so security is built in. Files are uploaded over an encrypted HTTPS connection, processed on a secure server, and automatically deleted within 30 minutes. We never share, sell, or reuse your videos. What you upload stays private, and once your download is done it is gone from our side.
Upload your video to the tool above and apply a rotation. Each turn rotates the video 90 degrees clockwise, so tap it once for a quarter turn or twice to fix an upside-down clip, then download the corrected file. The whole process runs online in your browser with nothing to install.
One rotation is exactly 90 degrees clockwise, so a single turn is all you need. If the clip needs to go the other way, keep rotating: three turns give you a 90 degree counter-clockwise result.
Rotate it twice. Two 90 degree clockwise turns add up to 180 degrees, which flips an upside-down video the right way up.
It rotates clockwise, 90 degrees per turn, using the FFmpeg transpose filter. To rotate counter-clockwise, apply three turns, which lands your video at 270 degrees clockwise, the same as 90 degrees the other way.
Yes. You can rotate MP4 files along with other common formats like MOV, AVI, and MKV. Upload the file, rotate it, and download the fixed version.
Rotating only changes how the frames are oriented, so the picture stays as sharp as the original and the audio is untouched. There is no visible loss of quality from turning a video.
Yes. The File Tools Online video rotator is free to use, with no watermark added to your footage. Just upload, rotate, and download.
Phones store a rotation flag that tells players how to display the clip. Some computers and platforms ignore that flag and play the raw frames, which shows the video sideways. Rotating the file with this tool bakes the correct orientation in, so it plays upright everywhere.
Open this page in your phone's browser, upload the clip from your gallery, rotate it, and download the corrected video. There is no separate app to install.
Yes. Upload your file, rotate it, and download the result straight away.
Everyday clips rotate without any hassle. Longer or larger videos may take a little more time to process, but the tool is built to handle the files most people need to fix.
Yes. Files are transferred over an encrypted connection, processed securely, and automatically deleted within 30 minutes. We never share or sell your videos.
Video orientation is one of those small details that only becomes obvious when it is wrong. A clip filmed on a phone, a drone, or an action camera can end up on its side or upside down the moment it lands on a device that reads its rotation data differently, and suddenly footage you were happy with is playing at the wrong angle. Turning it upright is one of the most common things people need to do with a video, and it should be quick.
A good video rotator fixes the orientation by turning the frames themselves rather than relying on a metadata flag that some players honour and others ignore. This free online tool does exactly that using the FFmpeg transpose filter, rotating your clip 90 degrees clockwise per turn so you can reach any orientation in one, two, or three steps. It is free to use, with no watermark and no software to install: upload your video, rotate it the right way up, and download a file that plays correctly on every screen.