1Upload the HEIC images that came out the wrong way round.
2Pick a quarter turn or a half turn, or type an arbitrary angle and choose a colour for the corners it will expose.
3Apply the rotation; the pixels and the orientation flag are reconciled so every viewer agrees on which way is up.
4Download the rotated HEIC file.
Rotate HEIC FAQ
How does Rotate HEIC turn the file?
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Concretely, iPhone images very often carry an EXIF orientation flag rather than rotated pixels, so the first thing done is to reconcile the two — otherwise the file looks correct in Photos and sideways everywhere else. Quarter turns and half turns are the common case and take the cheapest path available for the format.
Can I rotate by an arbitrary angle, not just 90 degrees?
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Yes, though the two are different operations underneath. A multiple of 90 degrees rearranges existing data; any other angle has to rebuild the grid and fill the corners, so it costs a resample and usually wants a background colour choosing.
Does the format decide whether rotation is lossless?
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It does. this format is read and written by the same streaming pipeline as everything else we support. That property is exactly what determines whether a quarter turn is free or costs a re-encode.
Anything specific to HEIC I should know?
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Yes — HEIC decoding needs the HEVC licence stack that Windows and most browsers ship without, which is usually the real reason the file is here at all. It is the kind of thing that explains why a file looks right in one application and wrong in another.
Why does my file look correct on my phone but sideways elsewhere?
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Because the orientation is stored as an EXIF flag rather than in the pixels, and not every viewer honours it. Rotating here normalises the two — the pixels and the flag end up agreeing, so the file looks the same everywhere.
Can I rotate a whole batch in one go?
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Yes. The same rotation is applied across every file you upload, which is the practical fix for a folder of scans or camera output that all came in the wrong way round.
What can I upload to Rotate HEIC?
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HEIC and HEIF files straight off an iPhone or iPad, including 10-bit captures. You do not need the HEVC codec installed locally — the decoding happens on our side, which is usually the entire reason to do this in a browser.
Is there a file size limit on Rotate HEIC?
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Yes: free accounts process images up to 25 MB each, which comfortably covers iPhone HEIC captures — HEIC is roughly half the size of the equivalent JPG. A 12-megapixel HEIC is typically 1.5-3 MB, so the limit only becomes relevant for burst exports or 48 MP ProRAW-adjacent captures.
Will Rotate HEIC lower the quality of my HEIC images?
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HEIC stores a HEVC-coded image that is already very efficient, so the honest answer is that any re-encode costs a little. Where the operation can be applied without a full decode-encode cycle we do that; where it cannot, HEIC has enough headroom that the result is visually indistinguishable at normal viewing sizes.
Can I run Rotate HEIC on several HEIC images at once?
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Yes, and an iPhone export is usually exactly the case for it — drop the whole camera roll selection in and it processes in parallel with one set of settings.
Does the Live Photo / depth data survive?
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No. The paired motion clip and the depth map are Apple container extras rather than part of the still image, and they do not survive processing. The still itself, its EXIF and its colour profile do.
Does Rotate HEIC cost anything?
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No. Rotate HEIC is free, no account, no watermark, and no Apple device required at any point. Uploads are deleted shortly after the job finishes.
