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Trim Video

Cut the start and end off a video on a preview: a fast cut with no quality loss, or an exact frame-accurate cut. Works with MP4, MOV and WebM in your browser.

Trim Video1 free run a dayNewVideo & AudioRuns in your browser

Works in your browser. What you paste or upload is processed on your device.

Key features of the trim video

  • Preview player with timeline, Start and End sliders and Play selection
  • Type exact times (minutes:seconds) or set them from the current frame
  • Fast cut without re-encoding: same quality and format, done in seconds
  • Exact cut: frame-accurate H.264 MP4
  • Works with MP4, MOV (iPhone), WebM, MKV, AVI and more up to 500 MB
  • Runs in your browser with FFmpeg: the video is never uploaded

How to use the trim video

  1. Choose a video

    Pick the video you want to shorten. It opens in the player.

  2. Mark the start and end

    Drag the sliders, type the times, or play the video and press Start here and End here.

  3. Check the selection

    Press Play selection to watch just the part you will keep.

  4. Choose how to cut

    Fast cut keeps the original quality; Exact cut starts on the exact frame and re-encodes.

  5. Trim and download

    Press Trim video, watch the result and download it.

What is a trim video?

Trimming keeps one continuous part of a video and drops everything before and after it. This trimmer shows your video in a player with a timeline: drag the Start and End sliders, type exact times such as 1:05.5, or play the video and press Start here and End here at the right moments. Play selection plays just the part you picked, so you can check it before cutting.

There are two ways to cut. Fast cut copies the video and sound without re-encoding, so quality is untouched, the format stays the same and even long videos finish in seconds. Because compressed video can only start cleanly on a keyframe, a fast cut may begin up to a couple of seconds before your start time. Exact cut re-encodes the selected part to H.264 MP4 at high quality, so it starts on the frame you chose; it takes longer, roughly in proportion to the length you keep.

Limits: one video at a time, up to 500 MB, and one part per run (to remove a section from the middle, trim twice and keep both parts). If your browser can't preview a format (HEVC on some Windows PCs, AVI, MKV), you can still type the times and cut it.

Why use a trim video?

Most clips have dead time at the start and end: fumbling with the phone, waiting for the action, the walk back to stop recording. Trimming before you share makes the video shorter, smaller and easier to watch, and it often brings a file under an upload or attachment limit without any quality loss.

Trim video: frequently asked questions

Something else? Ask the team

Does trimming reduce the video quality?

Not with Fast cut, which copies the original video and sound without re-encoding. Exact cut re-encodes the kept part to high-quality H.264, which is very close to the original but not bit-for-bit identical.

Why does my fast cut start a little early?

Compressed video stores full pictures only at keyframes, usually every second or two on phones. A cut without re-encoding has to start on one, so it begins at the keyframe just before your start time. Use Exact cut when the first frame matters.

Can I remove a part from the middle of a video?

Not in one step. Trim the part before the section you want to remove, then trim the part after it. Both clips download separately.

How do I trim a video on iPhone?

The Photos app can trim too, but this page also works in Safari: pick the video, set the start and end, press Trim video and save the file to Files. Fast cut keeps the iPhone's HEVC video as it is.

What formats can I trim?

MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV, AVI, 3GP, MPEG and other common video files up to 500 MB. Fast cut keeps the original format; Exact cut saves an MP4.

Is my video uploaded?

No. Trimming runs in your browser with FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly, and the video stays on your device.

Is Trim Video free?

Each tool gives you one free run per day. After that, a run costs 10 credits from a free AI Rank Lab account. One run is one press of the main button, so converting several files together counts once.

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