# Whiteboard: how to rotate shapes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [October 14, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559 "2024-10-14T13:21:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ESGdataBoi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/esgdataboi/32/11960_2.png) [@ESGdataBoi](https://community.fibery.io/u/ESGdataBoi)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559/1 "2024-10-14T13:21:45Z")
Is it possible to rotate shapes in a whiteboard? If so, how does one do it? ---
**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559/2 "2024-10-14T13:25:48Z")
Here is how ![2024-10-14 16.25.11](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/8/8c251f8de0df867a02085f61d60a90401e3c8b2f.gif) ---
**Author:** ![ESGdataBoi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/esgdataboi/32/11960_2.png) [@ESGdataBoi](https://community.fibery.io/u/ESGdataBoi)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559/3 "2024-10-14T13:26:12Z")
Awesome, thanks! Any way to rotate Sections as well? ---
**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559/4 "2024-10-14T13:27:12Z")
Sure, same way ---
**Author:** ![ESGdataBoi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/esgdataboi/32/11960_2.png) [@ESGdataBoi](https://community.fibery.io/u/ESGdataBoi)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559/5 "2024-10-14T15:13:06Z")
I was able to rotate on the shapes and sticky notes, but when I tried with a Section on the whiteboard I was not able to…the rotation arrows do not show. Rotating the Sections are not as crucial for me as the shapes and sticky notes, but just FYI. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mdubakov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/mdubakov/32/10_2.png) [@mdubakov](https://community.fibery.io/u/mdubakov)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559/6 "2024-10-15T08:17:29Z")
> [@ESGdataBoi](#): > > I was able to rotate on the shapes and sticky notes, but when I tried with a Section on the whiteboard I was not able to…the rotation arrows do not show. I tried and it works… Maybe there is a bug? Can you try it on some new whiteboard? ---
**Author:** ![Viki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/viki/32/13645_2.png) [@Viki](https://community.fibery.io/u/Viki)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559/7 "2026-01-19T13:58:43Z")
Hey! Can you show me how to rotate something that we drew? Because I use this app to draw and I don’t know how to rotate it, this double arrow doesn’t apper when I try to do it like this… ---
**Author:** ![alex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/alex/32/52_2.png) [@alex](https://community.fibery.io/u/alex)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-how-to-rotate-shapes/7559/8 "2026-01-19T14:06:45Z")
1. Click the object to select it 2. Hover your mouse near the object’s corner until the rotation cursor appears 3. Click and drag to rotate your selection