How do I flip an image horizontally?

Drop the picture above and press Flip horizontal. The preview mirrors left-to-right straight away, and Download writes the mirrored copy to your device. Nothing else to configure.

What is the difference between flipping and rotating an image?

Rotating turns the picture around its centre while keeping it the right way round — text stays readable. Flipping reflects it, so the result is a mirror image and any text in it reads backwards. Switching on both flip axes here reflects twice, which does end up looking identical to a 180° rotation.

Can I un-mirror a selfie so the text is not backwards?

Yes, and it is the most common reason people reach for this tool. Front cameras usually save the shot mirrored, so signs, logos and lettering come out reversed. One horizontal flip puts them back the right way round.

Does flipping reduce the quality of the picture?

Flipping itself moves pixels around without inventing or discarding any — no resizing and no cropping happen. JPG and WebP files are re-encoded at high quality afterwards, which is visually indistinguishable from the source for ordinary photos. A PNG is written back losslessly.

Will a transparent PNG stay transparent?

It will. The output keeps the format you fed in, so a PNG comes back as a PNG with its alpha channel intact. WebP transparency survives too.

Can I flip a batch of pictures in one go?

Up to 30 per session. Each one keeps its own flip setting, so you can mirror some horizontally and others vertically, then use Download all to write out the whole queue.

Can I paste a screenshot instead of picking a file?

Yes. Copy the image anywhere — a screenshot, a picture from a web page, a file in your file manager — then press Ctrl+V (⌘V on a Mac) on this page and it joins the queue. The flipped result goes back the same way: Copy puts it on the clipboard as a PNG, ready to paste into a chat, a document or a design tool without saving a file at all.

Do my pictures get uploaded to a server?

They never leave the tab. The flip is computed on your own machine with the browser's Canvas API, so there is no upload step, no queue and no copy of your photo sitting on someone else's disk.

Is anything paid, watermarked or gated behind an account?

None of the above. There is no fee, no watermark stamped on the output and nothing to sign up for. It also keeps working with the network switched off, since the page has already downloaded everything it needs.

Mirror a picture in one click

Flip Image

Drop in a JPG, PNG or WebP and mirror it left-to-right, turn it top-to-bottom, or do both for a full 180°. The preview flips as you click and the download keeps your original format and resolution. Everything is computed inside this tab, so your pictures are never uploaded anywhere.

Free forever
Nothing uploaded
No account
Works offline
Batch of 30

Drop pictures here, click to browse

JPG, PNG, WebP · up to 30 files at once · stays in your browser

photo.jpg⇋ mirrored instantly

Flipping a picture, start to finish

Three clicks, nothing to install, no account. The work happens on your own device.

Add your image
Drag a JPG, PNG or WebP onto the drop zone, tap it to pick files from your phone or computer, or paste a copied image straight from the clipboard with Ctrl+V (⌘V on a Mac). Queueing several at once is fine.
Choose an axis
Hit Flip horizontal to mirror the picture left-to-right, or Flip vertical to turn it top-to-bottom. Switch both on for a full 180° turn. The preview mirrors as you click, so you see the result before you commit to it.
Save it
Press Download to keep the flipped copy, or Copy to put it on the clipboard and paste it straight into a chat, document or design tool. Download all writes out a whole queue at once. The original file on your disk is left untouched.

Watch how it works

Thirty-nine seconds, start to finish: drop a picture in, pick an axis, download the mirrored copy.

Which flip do you actually need?

⇋ Horizontal — the mirror

Reverses the picture left-to-right, the way a mirror would. This is the one people usually want: un-mirroring a selfie so the lettering reads properly, turning a portrait to face the other way, or making an arrow point into the page instead of off the edge of it. If it's the only flip you ever use, the mirror image page has it switched on from the start.

⇅ Vertical — upside down

Reflects top-to-bottom, as though the picture were sitting on water. Useful for reflection effects, for straightening out a scan that came through inverted, or for prepping artwork that gets ironed on. Switch both axes on and you land exactly where a 180° rotation would. Reach for this one often? The flip vertically page pre-selects it for every file.

Questions people ask about flipping images

How do I flip an image horizontally?: Drop the picture above and press Flip horizontal. The preview mirrors left-to-right straight away, and Download writes the mirrored copy to your device. Nothing else to configure.
What is the difference between flipping and rotating an image?: Rotating turns the picture around its centre while keeping it the right way round — text stays readable. Flipping reflects it, so the result is a mirror image and any text in it reads backwards. Switching on both flip axes here reflects twice, which does end up looking identical to a 180° rotation.
Can I un-mirror a selfie so the text is not backwards?: Yes, and it is the most common reason people reach for this tool. Front cameras usually save the shot mirrored, so signs, logos and lettering come out reversed. One horizontal flip puts them back the right way round.
Does flipping reduce the quality of the picture?: Flipping itself moves pixels around without inventing or discarding any — no resizing and no cropping happen. JPG and WebP files are re-encoded at high quality afterwards, which is visually indistinguishable from the source for ordinary photos. A PNG is written back losslessly.
Will a transparent PNG stay transparent?: It will. The output keeps the format you fed in, so a PNG comes back as a PNG with its alpha channel intact. WebP transparency survives too.
Can I flip a batch of pictures in one go?: Up to 30 per session. Each one keeps its own flip setting, so you can mirror some horizontally and others vertically, then use Download all to write out the whole queue.
Can I paste a screenshot instead of picking a file?: Yes. Copy the image anywhere — a screenshot, a picture from a web page, a file in your file manager — then press Ctrl+V (⌘V on a Mac) on this page and it joins the queue. The flipped result goes back the same way: Copy puts it on the clipboard as a PNG, ready to paste into a chat, a document or a design tool without saving a file at all.
Do my pictures get uploaded to a server?: They never leave the tab. The flip is computed on your own machine with the browser's Canvas API, so there is no upload step, no queue and no copy of your photo sitting on someone else's disk.
Is anything paid, watermarked or gated behind an account?: None of the above. There is no fee, no watermark stamped on the output and nothing to sign up for. It also keeps working with the network switched off, since the page has already downloaded everything it needs.

What the flipper supports

Reads	JPG / JPEG, PNG, WebP
Writes	The same format it read — extension and transparency intact
Axes	Left-to-right mirror, top-to-bottom flip, or both (equivalent to 180°)
Per batch	30 pictures
Pixel handling	Straight redraw — nothing is resized, cropped or upscaled
Runs on	Your device, via the HTML5 Canvas API
Cost	Nothing, and no watermark
Needs a connection?	Only to load the page the first time

Nothing you drop here gets uploaded

The mirroring is done by your own browser through the Canvas API. That means no copy of your photo is transmitted, stored or inspected by us — there is no image endpoint on this site to send it to. Pull the network cable after the page has loaded and the tool carries on flipping regardless.

Why this flipper exists

Mirroring a picture is a two-second job, yet the usual options are a photo editor you have to install or a site that wants your file on its server first. Flip Image is the small alternative: open the page, drag the picture in, flip it, close the tab.

The flip is a scale transform on an HTML5 Canvas — the pixels are read in reverse along whichever axis you picked and drawn back out, then re-encoded in the format you started with. Because none of that needs a server, there is no upload progress bar to sit through and no size ceiling imposed by someone's bandwidth bill.

No account, no watermark, no charge. If you want the longer technical write-up, the about page goes through it step by step. And if you'd rather flip inside the app you are already working in, the guide on how to flip an image lists the exact menu path in Photoshop, Canva, Google Docs, iPhone Photos, Paint and Preview.