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This wikiHow teaches you how to rotate a photo in Snapchat before sharing it as a Snap. Though Snapchat itself lacks a Rotate tool, you can use your device’s built-in editing app to reposition your photo.
Quick Photo Rotation Steps for Snapchat
- Take a photo in Snapchat and save it to your device.
- Open the saved photo in your phone's photos app.
- Rotate the photo using the built-in tools in your photos app.
- Go back to Snapchat.
- Swipe up on the camera screen to access your memories.
- Tap Camera Roll .
- Press and hold the edited picture and tap Send in the menu that pops up.
Steps
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Open Snapchat . It’s the yellow icon with a white ghost on your home screen.
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Tap the shutter icon to take your photo. It’s the large circle at the bottom of the camera screen.Advertisement
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Add effects, text, and doodles. You can skip this step if you don’t want to use Snapchat’s editing options.
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Tap the Save icon. It’s the square with an upward-facing icon at the bottom of the screen. This will save your photo to Snapchat Memories.
- If it’s your first time saving to your Memories, you’ll be prompted to choose a location to which you’ll save your Memories. You can choose “Memories Only” (save to Snapchat’s server) or “Memories and Camera Roll” to also save a copy of the photo on your device.
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Tap X . It’s at the top left corner of the screen.
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Swipe up on the camera screen. This opens your Memories.
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Tap Camera Roll to find your photo. It’s just beneath the word “Memories” at the top of the screen. You should see your photo. [1] X Research source
- If you don’t see your photo in Camera Roll, you’ll have to save it there. To do this:
- Tap Snaps at the top of the screen.
- Tap and hold the photo until the menu appears.
- Tap Export Snap .
- Tap Save Image .
- If you don’t see your photo in Camera Roll, you’ll have to save it there. To do this:
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Press the Home button. It’s the round button at the bottom of the screen. This will bring you back to the home screen.
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Open Photos . It’s the white icon with a rainbow flower (iPhone/iPad) on your home screen.
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Tap All Photos .
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Tap the photo you want to rotate.
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Tap the Edit icon. It’s at the bottom of the screen and looks like three horizontal lines with hollow circles.
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Tap the Crop and Rotate icon. It’s the first icon at the bottom of the screen next to the word “Cancel.”
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Tap the Rotate icon. It’s the icon with a square and an arrow at the image’s bottom left corner. This will turn your image counter-clockwise. When you’re satisfied, tap Done .
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Return to Snapchat. You can get there quickly by double-clicking the Home button, then selecting the Snapchat window.
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Swipe up on the Camera screen. This will open your Memories.
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Tap Camera Roll . Your rotated photo now appears at the top of the list.
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Tap and hold the photo. Lift your finger when the gray menu appears.
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Tap the Send icon. It’s the blue paper airplane at the bottom of your photo. Now you can send the Snap to a friend or post it to your Story.
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Open Snapchat . It’s the yellow icon with a white ghost on your home screen.
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Tap the shutter icon to take your photo. It’s the large circle at the bottom of the camera screen.
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Add effects, text, and doodles. You can skip this step if you don’t want to use Snapchat’s editing options.
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Tap the Save icon. It’s the square with an upward-facing icon at the bottom of the screen. This saves your photo to Snapchat Memories.
- If it’s your first time saving to your Memories, you’ll be prompted to choose a location to which you’ll save your Memories. You can choose “Memories Only” (save to Snapchat’s server) or “Memories and Camera Roll” to also save a copy of the photo on your device.
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Tap X . It’s at the top left corner of the screen.
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Swipe up on the camera screen. This opens your Memories.
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Tap Camera Roll to find your photo. It’s just beneath the word “Memories” at the top of the screen. You should see your photo.
- If you don’t see your photo in Camera Roll, you’ll have to save it there. To do this:
- Tap Snaps at the top of the screen.
- Tap and hold the photo until the menu appears.
- Tap Save to Camera Roll .
- If you don’t see your photo in Camera Roll, you’ll have to save it there. To do this:
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Press the Home button. It’s the circle icon at the bottom of the screen. This will bring you back to the home screen.
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Open Photos . It’s the rainbow pinwheel (Android) icon on your home screen. If you don’t see it on the home screen, tap the Apps icon (usually a circle with 6 dots inside) and open it from there.
- If you use another app to manage and edit your photos, you can use that app to rotate the image.
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Tap the photo to open it. It should be at the top of the photo list.
- If you don’t see the photo, tap the ☰ at the top left corner of the screen, then select Device Folders . You should see the photo in the Camera folder.
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Tap the Edit icon. It’s the icon of a pencil at the bottom of the screen.
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Tap the Crop and Rotate icon. It’s the third icon at the bottom of the screen that has several arrows pointing in various directions.
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Rotate the photo. Tap the button at the bottom right side of the photo to turn it counter-clockwise. Keep tapping until it looks the way you want it, then tap Done .
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Return to Snapchat. You can do this by viewing your open apps (Usually a square button at the bottom of the screen), then selecting Snapchat.
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Swipe up on the Camera screen. This will open your Memories.
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Tap Camera Roll . Your rotated photo appears at the top of the list.
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Tap and hold the photo. Lift your finger when the gray menu appears.
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Tap the Send icon. It’s the blue paper airplane at the bottom of your photo. Now you can send the Snap to a friend or post it to your Story.
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