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2 Methods to Rotate YouTube Video - 100% Workable

Your YouTube video plays upside down? In such a case, you must wonder how to rotate it with proper orientation. For downloaded YouTube videos, achieving rotation is pretty simple. For uploaded one, it is too far away from an easy matter, as most of the editing features were removed from YouTube in 2018. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that there is no longer way to make it happen. Here, this article shares 2 different methods to rotate YouTube video whether it is already downloaded or uploaded.

  • Part 1: Rotate a YouTube Video with Creator Studio Classic
  • Part 2: Rotate a YouTube Video with Joyoshare Video Editor

Part 1: How to Rotate a Video on YouTube - Already Uploaded

Case 1: Is it possible to rotate (90 degrees) already uploaded videos on YouTube? - Radek from Stack Exchange

Many users have reported that videos already uploaded can no longer be edited or rotated on YouTube. All you can do is take the original video or the downloaded YouTube video to enhance and re-upload further. Well, YouTube did officially remove a lot of useful video editing features, which are unavailable to be seen directly currently. Nevertheless, you can follow the steps below to activate native rotation buttons in YouTube Creator Studio Classic.

Step 1: Find Creator Studio Classic

For those with a new version, sign in YouTube account and click on the "YouTube Studio" option on the right in your account drop-down menu. Next, scroll down to find "Creator Studio Classic" in the left column and press "Skip".

youtube creator studio

Step 2: Select video and enable rotation

Go for "Video Manager" > "Video" to choose your sideway uploaded YouTube video. Then click the drop-down box to the right of its "Edit button > "Enhancements". Now right-click the "Trim" button to select "Inspect". You will see a pop-up "Elements" tab on the right, which shows hidden="true" below the chosen line. Just double click to edit, delete it, and finish with Enter key. The rotation buttons will appear soon.

enable rotation youtube

Step 3: Let YouTube rotate video

Play this uploaded video in the preview window. Afterwards, you can use either "Rotate Right" or "Rotate Left" buttons near to Trim to rotate video on YouTube and make it an appropriate orientation.

rotate youtube video

Part 2: How to Rotate YouTube Video - To be Uploaded

Case 2: How to rotate video? I captured video vertically. I want to rotate and publish it horizontally. - Andrey Novik from YouTube Help Community


It's better if you notice that the video is not viewed from the right angle before you upload it. In order to change the rotation, you just need to apply a reliable video editor, such as Joyoshare Media Cutter, on Windows or Mac. This program is capable sufficiently to rotate any YouTube video 90°, 180°, 270° or 360°.

Key Features of Joyoshare Media Cutter:
Offer encoding mode and lossless 60X high-speed mode
Rotate YouTube video before upload clockwise or anticlockwise to any 90 degrees
With full mainstreaming format support: MP4, MOV, AVI, FLV, WMV, MPG, VOB, etc.
Ideal video editor to rotate, trim, watermark, flip, subtitle, crop and add effects

Step 1: Add a YouTube video

Get Joyoshare Media Cutter from the official download page. Simply run it and import your YouTube video. You are able to add with the "Open" button or instantly drag and drop to the program.

add youtube video to joyoshare

Step 2: Choose mode and output format

This program will automatically play the loaded YouTube video with its built-in media player. After that, you ought to go for "Format" > "Format Setting" > "Encoding mode" to select a wanted output format. You are besides allowed to change resolution, codec, bit rate and more from its upper-right corner.

output format for rotated video

Step 3: Start to rotate YouTube video

When you are taken to the main interface, you should continue with the "Edit" edit icon option. Next, in the pop-up window, you can find "Adjust" tab, under which the "Rotation" section is available. Now it's time to rotate the added YouTube video left or right to 90, 180, 270 or 360 degrees as you like. Confirm the operation and click on the "Start" button in the main interface to save it on a preset location.

rotate video with joyoshare media cutter

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