Video Cutter

How to Cut a Video Online

1. Upload Your Video: Drag and drop or click "Add Files" to select a video. Supports MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WebM, WMV, FLV, MTS, MPG, 3GP, VOB, TS, HEVC, and 30+ other formats — basically any video your phone, camera, screen recorder, or browser produces. Batch is supported.
2. Set Start Time and Duration: Enter a start time and a duration to keep. Both fields accept seconds (12.5) or HH:MM:SS.sss format (00:01:30.500). Use multiple cut segments to extract several clips from one video.
3. Optionally Re-encode: By default the cut is stream-copy — no re-encoding, no quality loss, output in the same codec as the source. Switch to re-encode if you need a different format (H.264 / H.265 / AV1 / VP9), a smaller file, or a different resolution (1080p / 720p / 480p / 360p).
4. Cut and Download: Click Cut. Files process on our servers — download individually or as a ZIP. No sign-up, no watermark.

Why Cut Videos?

Cutting (also called trimming) extracts a portion of a video without altering the rest. The most common reason: the source has more material than you need, and you only want to keep a specific segment. Common use cases:

• Social media length caps — Instagram Reels: 90s. TikTok: 10 min (most engagement is under 60s). YouTube Shorts: 60s. X video: 2:20. Cutting a longer recording to fit each platform's window before uploading avoids automatic chopping that often picks the wrong moment.
• Removing intros and outros — Strip the YouTube subscribe button overlay, the show's title card, the long pause at the start of a Zoom recording, or unwanted footage at the end.
• Extracting highlights — Pull the goal from a sports recording, the funny moment from a long dinner clip, or the demo segment from a 90-minute conference talk.
• Splitting long lectures or tutorials — Cut a 2-hour course into 10-minute chapters for easier consumption.
• Reducing file size for sharing — A 5-minute clip from a 30-minute recording is roughly 6× smaller. Useful for email attachments (Gmail 25 MB, Outlook 20 MB), Discord (10 MB free / 50 MB Nitro Basic), and WhatsApp (check current inline video limit).
• Recovering usable footage from bad recordings — Skip past the 10 seconds where the camera was pointing at the floor.

Cut vs Re-encode — When to Use Which

Property	Stream copy (default)	Re-encode
Speed	Very fast (seconds for any size)	Proportional to clip length
Quality	Bit-identical to source	Slight loss unless CRF 18-20
Output format	Same as input	Any supported format
Cut accuracy	Aligned to keyframes (often 2-10 sec granularity)	Frame-accurate
Output size	Same proportion as duration kept	Variable by codec / quality settings
Best for	Quick extraction with no quality loss	Frame-accurate cuts, format change, smaller file

If you need a precise cut to a specific frame (e.g., the moment a goal is scored), enable re-encode. If you just need to keep "minutes 3-7 of this 30-minute recording" and don't care about the exact frame, stream-copy is faster and lossless.

Supported Formats

Category	Formats
Modern web/mobile	MP4, MOV, WebM, M4V, MKV
Camera / camcorder	AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, MXF, DV, AVI
Screen / streaming	FLV, F4V, ASF, TS, M2V
Legacy	WMV, 3GP, 3G2, RM, RMVB, VOB, MPG, MPEG, MPEG2
Codec-specific	HEVC, AV1, DivX, Xvid

Frequently Asked Questions

Does cutting a video reduce its quality?

Not by default. XConvert performs a stream copy — the original video and audio bytes are written into a new container without re-encoding. The cut clip is bit-identical to the corresponding portion of the source. The only caveat: stream-copy cuts must align to keyframes, so the actual cut point may snap to within a few seconds of your specified time. If you need frame-accurate cutting, enable re-encode.

What's the maximum video length or file size?

There's no fixed cap. Cutting runs on our servers, so the practical limit is upload size and connection speed and your patience for the upload. Multi-GB camera files and hours-long screen recordings work fine. Stream-copy mode is fast enough that even 4-hour 4K recordings cut in under a minute.

Can I cut multiple segments from one video?

Yes. Add multiple trim segments using the trim section — each pair of start time + duration produces a separate output clip. Useful for extracting a highlight reel from a long recording, splitting a lecture into chapters, or pulling all the relevant scenes out of a long stream.

Can I cut audio out of the video while cutting?

Yes — choose "no audio" in the audio settings to remove the soundtrack from the output. Useful when you need a silent clip for over-dubbing or background loops.

What's the difference between cutting and trimming?

Same thing in practice. Some apps reserve "trimming" for removing material from the start and end while keeping the middle, and "cutting" for extracting a middle portion or splitting at a point. XConvert's video cutter handles all three patterns — set the start time to your desired in-point and the duration to how much you want to keep. See also Video Trimmer for the same workflow framed slightly differently.

Can I cut multiple videos in batch with the same time range?

Yes — drop in multiple files and the same start time + duration applies to each. Useful for extracting the same segment from several camera angles of one event, or trimming the same intro length off a batch of recordings. Per-file overrides are also supported.

Will the cut video play in the same apps as the original?

Yes. Stream-copy mode preserves the codec exactly — if the original was H.264 in MP4 that played on your phone, the cut clip is also H.264 in MP4 and plays identically. Re-encode mode lets you pick a new codec or container, but plays just as broadly when you target H.264/MP4.

Can I rotate or crop while cutting?

Cutting is a separate operation. To rotate, see Rotate Video. To crop, see Crop Video. To do all three in sequence, run the cut first (smaller file = faster subsequent steps), then the next operation.