What is the difference between cropping and cutting?

Cropping changes the spatial frame (removes edges), while cutting changes the temporal duration (removes segments).

Crop video online for free

Crop a video online to perfectly frame your shots in a few clicks. Try the tool right now. 100% local in-browser processing, nothing ever uploaded to our

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MP4, WebM, AVI, MOV supported

Supported formats

MP4

AVI

MOV

WebM

MKV

How it works

Step 1

Upload your video

Step 2

Select the area to keep

Step 3

Download cropped video

Common mistakes

Uploading a video file too large for the browser (keep it under 2 GB).
Closing the tab before processing finishes: the conversion stops.
Using an exotic input format (prefer MP4, WebM, MOV, AVI).
Picking a bitrate so low that quality drops noticeably.

Pro tips

Pick H.264 (MP4) for the widest compatibility.
For the web, use WebM (VP9/AV1): smaller file at the same quality.
Keep the original: processing is local but the download is final.
On mobile, plug in the charger for long videos.

Privacy guaranteed

Your videos are processed locally in your browser. No files are uploaded to our servers.

Reframe for social media — free online, no signup required

Adapt your videos to square or vertical formats for Instagram, TikTok and other platforms. Cropping isolates a specific image area by removing black bars, reframing the main subject and adjusting the frame to a custom ratio (16:9, 1:1, 9:16) to target a specific part of the video.

Also discover our tool to resize video online.

Technical details

Crop the useful area via a visual selection: switch from horizontal to vertical for YouTube Shorts, remove letterbox bars and pick the ideal aspect ratio.

Why choose our online video cropper

Our online video cropper stands out with 100% local processing via FFmpeg.wasm directly in your Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge browser — no server upload, no queue, no arbitrary size limit. You get a fast, free, no-signup, watermark-free tool compatible with all your MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WebM, FLV, WMV, M4V, 3GP files and more. Perfect for YouTubers, TikTokers, Instagram Reels creators, Premiere Pro editors, DaVinci Resolve, CapCut, Final Cut users, marketing pros, e-learning trainers and individuals who want to crop video online for free without installing heavy software like HandBrake, Adobe Media Encoder or VLC.

Cross-device compatibility — PC, Mac, iPhone, Android

Our video cropper works on Windows 10, Windows 11, macOS Ventura, Sonoma, Sequoia, Linux Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, as well as iOS 16+ (iPhone, iPad), iPadOS, Android 10+ (Samsung Galaxy, Google Pixel, Xiaomi, OnePlus) and even Chrome OS on Chromebook. No native app, no APK, no .exe to download: just open the page in your favorite browser and start processing your videos. Compatible with videos from smartphones (4K HDR, slow-motion), GoPro cameras, DJI drones, OBS screen captures, After Effects exports, Loom screencasts and files downloaded from YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok, Twitch or Twitter/X.

Privacy, GDPR compliance and video security

Unlike competing services (Clideo, Kapwing, Veed.io, FlexClip, Online-Convert, Convertio, CloudConvert, FreeConvert, EZGif, Zamzar) that upload your files to remote servers in the US or Asia, our tool processes your entire video in your browser's RAM. Not a single byte is sent over the Internet, ensuring full GDPR, CCPA, LGPD and HIPAA compliance. Perfect for confidential business documents, medical, legal, educational videos, copyrighted content and any personal file you do not want to entrust to any third party.