Trim video online cut to the exact second
Cut the dead air off the start and end of any clip. Drag the yellow handles, or type the exact in and out points, then export a clean file with no watermark and no sign-up.
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MP4, MOV or WebM. It opens instantly and is never uploaded — all the editing happens on your own device.
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Trim video online in your browser
Trimming is the edit almost every clip needs: remove the fumbling at the start, cut the moment you reach for the camera at the end, and keep only the part worth watching. This trimmer runs entirely in your browser, so there is no upload queue and no file sitting on somebody else’s server.
How to trim video online
Open your video
Drop a file onto the editor or choose one from your device. It opens straight away, with a thumbnail strip along the timeline.
Set the start and end
Drag the two yellow handles, or type exact times such as 1:05.5. Press I and O to snap the start or end to wherever the playhead sits.
Check the selection
Press play. Playback loops through just the part you kept, so you can hear exactly where the cut lands.
Export
Pick MP4 or WebM and press Export. The finished clip downloads with nothing added to it.
Frame-accurate without the guesswork
Dragging is fast, but it is not precise. That is why the start and end also accept typed times, down to a tenth of a second. Type 0:04.2 and the playhead moves there; press I and the trim start snaps to it. The clip length updates as you go, so you always know how long the result will be before you commit to an export.
Nothing is re-uploaded between edits
Because the file never leaves your device, changing your mind costs nothing. Adjust the handles, play it back, adjust again. There is no re-upload, no processing queue and no daily limit on how many times you can try.
Your video never leaves your device
Most online video editors upload your file to their servers before you can touch it. This one works differently: every edit and every export happens inside your browser, on your own hardware.
A trim is the clearest case for it. You are usually cutting a clip because part of it is not meant for anyone else — a fumbled start, a conversation before the take, a shot of the room. Uploading the whole file to a server to remove that part rather defeats the point.
Here the original never moves. Your browser reads it, plays back the section you kept, and records that section as a new file on your own disk.
Trim video — questions and answers
How long does a trim take to export?
About as long as the part you keep, not the original clip. The editor replays your selection and records it, so trimming a two-minute video down to ten seconds takes roughly ten seconds. That makes trimming the fastest export on the site.
Is the cut frame-accurate?
The start and end accept times to a tenth of a second, and the cut lands on the nearest frame to the time you typed. At 30fps one frame is about 0.033s, so a typed time is always within a frame of where you meant it.
Which files can I trim?
Anything your browser can play: MP4 (H.264), WebM, and most MOV files straight off a phone. Trimming never changes the picture, so the only choice you make on export is MP4 or WebM.
Can I trim accurately on a phone?
Yes. The two handles are sized for a fingertip, and the clip length updates as you drag. For tenth-of-a-second precision the typed start and end boxes are easier than dragging on a small screen.
Is my video uploaded to trim it?
No. The file is decoded by your own browser and the trimmed copy is recorded on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere, so there is no queue and no file left on a server afterwards.
Can I cut a section out of the middle of a video?
This trimmer keeps one continuous section, set by a start and an end point. To remove a middle section, export the part before it, then export the part after it, and join the two clips in any player or editor that supports joining.
Does trimming reduce quality?
The clip is re-encoded on export, so choose Best quality and the original resolution if you want the result to stay as close to the source as possible.
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Set a start and an end, check the cut, and export. No account, no upload and no watermark.
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