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Trim a video to the good part

Drag the handles, preview the selected range, and create the trimmed video.

How it works
  1. ImportChoose source
  2. EditSet the change
  3. PreviewReview result
  4. ExportCreate file
InputMP4, WebM, MOV and M4V videoOutputMP4 or WebM video

Most raw recordings start a few seconds before anything happens and run a few seconds past the end. Trimming cuts those tails off so the clip begins and ends where you want. Drag the two handles across the timeline, scrub to confirm the exact in and out points, and export a single continuous clip with picture and sound still aligned.

Setting precise in and out points

The handles move freely along the timeline and the preview follows them, so you can find a cut by eye rather than by guessing timecodes. Zoom in on the region you are cutting when a frame or two matters — for example clipping a word off the front of a sentence. Scrub across the boundary before exporting: the most common trimming mistake is cutting on the frame where the speaker has already started an ‘s’ sound.

One range in, one clip out

Trimming keeps exactly one continuous range. If you need several pieces from the same recording, the split tool exports multiple clips in one pass, and the section remover deletes interior chunks and closes the gaps. Trimming is the right tool when the only problem is at the beginning, the end, or both — which covers most screen recordings, phone clips and camera takes.

Questions, answered

Does trimming re-encode and lose quality?

The trimmed range is written into a new file, so it is re-encoded rather than copied byte-for-byte. At the default quality the difference is not visible in normal viewing. Your original file is untouched on disk either way.

Can I trim out a section from the middle?

Not with this tool — it keeps one continuous range. To delete something in the middle and close the gap, use the remove-sections tool, which is built for exactly that and keeps audio in sync across each join.

How accurate are the cut points?

Cuts land on the frame you select in the preview. On variable frame rate recordings from phones and screen recorders, the nearest available frame is used, which can differ from your requested time by a few milliseconds.

Will the audio stay in sync after trimming?

Yes. The audio is trimmed to the same range as the picture and both are written together, so lip sync is preserved from the first frame of the new clip.

Is there a length limit on the source video?

There is no imposed limit, but the whole job runs on your device, so very long or very high resolution files are bounded by available memory. If a long recording struggles, trim it in two passes or work at a lower resolution.