Use the rectangle marquee to select what portion of the image you want to crop.
Select 180, 90 CW, 90 CCW, or Arbitrary to manually specify your angle.
Only 90 and 180-degree angle options are available for rotating. In Microsoft Paint, you cannot specify a degree angle to rotate the image.
Finally, once the image file is highlighted and you see the image as a thumbnail, right-click the image and select either rotate left or rotate right.
If Windows Explorer is not showing the picture as a small icon ( thumbnail), click View at the top of Explorer and select Medium, Large, or Extra Large icons.
Once the image is found, click the image once to highlight the file.
If you are not sure where the image is located, try My Pictures.
Browse to the location of the image you want to rotate.
Follow the steps below to rotate an image using Windows. Rotating an image in Microsoft Windows ExplorerĪll the latest versions of Windows (Windows XP and later) can rotate images within Windows Explorer.
Using an online service to rotate images.
Rotating a photo on an iPhone and iPad.
Rotating an image in Microsoft Windows Explorer.
Windows asks you to confirm that you want to delete the image.Ĭopy/save the image file to another location. Rotate the image by 90 degrees counter-clockwise.ĭelete the image. Rotate the image by 90 degrees clockwise. Reduce the displayed image by half its size. Start, pause, navigate, or end the slide show using the slide show toolbar in the upper right-hand corner.Įnlarge the displayed image to twice its size. Reduce or enlarge the image to fit into the window’s current size (unless the image is already at the optimal window size).ĭisplays each image in the folder in a slide show. If you do not need more than a basic photo viewer you can just as well settle with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer which ships with Windows OS.