Cut Video to the Exact Moment You Need
Trimming a clip or cutting a part out of a video
Trim a video by choosing the start and end of the section you want to keep, or remove the selected section. Optional fades soften the beginning and end of a clip. Use the preview to check the cut before processing. This tool edits time; use Crop Video to remove borders, or Split Video to export individual frames as images.
Cost: Free to use. File size and usage limits apply.
How to cut a video
Upload one video
Click Upload a video to cut or drop a file on the preview. MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG and OGV files up to 200 MB work. If you have already worked on a video in another tool on this site, the last one is loaded automatically; your other videos and results are listed under Uploads.
Set the selection
The first 5 seconds (or the whole video, if it is shorter) are selected at first. Drag the handles of the Selection slider to the moments you want; the preview jumps to the handle you move, so you see exactly where the cut falls. Click a handle and fine-tune it with the arrow keys: 0.1 seconds per press, 1 second with Shift. Start and End show the times in seconds, so 1:25 in the player is
85.0.Keep or remove it
Keep selected exports only the selected part. Remove selected deletes it and joins what comes before and after it.
Add fades if you want them
Turn on Fade transitions, set Fade in and Fade out in seconds and choose Black or White.
Cut, check and download
Click Cut video and play the result in the preview before you click Download. Continue editing brings back the original with your settings if you want to adjust the cut.
Settings and when to change them
- Start, End and the Selection slider
- The beginning and end of the selection in seconds, in 0.1-second steps. The line above the slider shows both times as minutes and seconds, for example
2:05.5; the line below it shows the length of the selection and of the whole video. At 30 fps, 0.1 seconds is 3 frames, so you can't target one specific frame. - Keep selected
- The default. Only the selection is exported. Without fades, the video and audio data are copied unchanged, keeping the original quality.
- Remove selected
- Deletes the selection. If it sits in the middle, the parts before and after it are joined and re-encoded, which takes longer. If it starts at 0 seconds, the rest is simply kept, without re-encoding when fades are off. The same applies when it runs to the end of the video: drag the end handle all the way to the right and the part before the selection is kept. The selection can't cover the whole video.
- Fade transitions
- Off by default, which gives a hard cut. Any fade longer than 0 seconds means the video is re-encoded.
- Fade in and Fade out
- Durations in seconds,
0.6by default; set one to0to skip it. With Keep selected, they play at the start and end of the clip. With Remove selected in the middle, the fade out plays just before the removed part and the fade in right after it, so the join dips to the fade colour. If the removed part touches the start or end of the video, the remaining clip fades in at its start and out at its end. Keep both together shorter than the clip, or the picture is never fully visible. - Black or White
- The colour the picture fades from and to. Black is the default; White gives a bright, flash-like transition.
Copy or re-encode: what happens to quality
A cut without fades is a stream copy: the tool writes the compressed video and audio between your two times into a new file of the same type without decoding them. This preserves their quality and requires less processing than re-encoding.
The trade-off is keyframes. Compressed video stores a complete picture only at intervals, so a copied clip has to begin at a keyframe. The interval depends on how the source was encoded. MP4, MOV and M4V files store your exact Start time as a playback offset; a player that respects it hides the extra lead-in frames, while an editor may show them. MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG and OGV copies start at the keyframe before your Start time and run longer than your selection by that lead-in. The end point is not affected.
Fades and middle cuts need new pictures, so the video is decoded and re-encoded, and the cut starts exactly at your Start time. MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV and AVI results use H.264 at CRF 22 with 128 kbps AAC audio; WebM results use VP9 with 96 kbps Opus audio. The re-encoded output is 8-bit, so 10-bit HDR footage from recent phones can look different in bright highlights and colours.
Common cuts and the settings for them
Trim a clip for sharing
Keep selected with fades off keeps the original quality. If the file is still too large for a message or upload form, shrink it with Compress Video.
Cut out a mistake
Select the mistake and choose Remove selected. With fades on, a short value such as 0.3 seconds for both turns the jump into a brief dip to black.
Remove several parts
Cut one part, pick the result under Uploads and cut the next. Start with the part nearest the end: removing a part moves everything after it earlier, but earlier times stay the same, so the times you noted remain valid. Every middle cut re-encodes the video again; repeated passes can change more image detail.
Leave a part out of a GIF
Video to GIF has its own start and end handles, so a simple GIF needs no cut here. Cut first only to skip something in the middle: remove it with Remove selected, then open the result in Video to GIF.
Formats and limits
- Input formats
- MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG/MPG, OGV
- Output format
- Same container and file extension as the upload
- Maximum file size
- 200 MB per video
- Files per job
- 1
- Shortest selection
- 0.1 seconds
- Audio and subtitle tracks
- Up to one audio track and one subtitle track are kept; further tracks, such as other languages, are dropped. Middle cuts with Remove selected drop subtitles.
- Processing
- On our servers with FFmpeg. A job can run for up to 15 minutes.
- Watermark
- None
- Storage
- Uploads and results are deleted automatically after 48 hours for guests and after 30 days for free accounts. Paid plans can keep files longer.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my clip start a moment before my Start time?
Cuts without fades are copied, and a copy can only begin at a keyframe, so MKV, WebM, AVI, MPEG and OGV clips can include up to one keyframe interval before your Start time. MP4, MOV and M4V files store your exact Start time for the player instead. Cuts with fades and middle cuts with Remove selected are re-encoded and start precisely where you set them.
Does cutting a video lower the quality?
With Keep selected and fades off, the data is copied unchanged and keeps its quality. Fades and middle cuts re-encode the video as H.264 at CRF 22, or VP9 for WebM files. This is lossy compression; the visible change depends on the source and can affect fine textures, gradients or movement.
Why is the cut file bigger than I expected?
A copied clip keeps the original encoded video and audio. If the bitrate is roughly uniform throughout a 10-minute, 200 MB source, a one-minute clip is roughly 20 MB, plus keyframe lead-in and container overhead. With variable bitrate, a busy section can need more bytes than a quiet one. Re-encoded cuts can be larger per second when the original was strongly compressed. To shrink the result, use Compress Video or lower its resolution with Resize Video.
What if my video is larger than 200 MB?
This tool accepts up to 200 MB per file. Compress Video takes up to 500 MB (1 GB on paid plans): shrink the video there, then pick the result under Uploads here. Compressing already re-encodes the video once, so cut it with Keep selected and fades off to avoid a second re-encode.
Is my video uploaded, and how long is it kept?
Yes. The video is uploaded and cut on our servers with FFmpeg; no AI or other outside service receives it, and you don't need an account. Uploads and results are deleted automatically: after 48 hours for guests, after 30 days for free accounts, later on paid plans.