What Is Video Trimming? How to Cut Clips in Your Browser
Trimming a video means cutting out just the part you need from a longer video. With videoconverter.tokyo, there's nothing to install — you can use it right from your web browser.
What Does "Trimming" Mean?
It removes unwanted parts at the start or end of a video, keeping only the section between the start and end points you choose.
How to Set the Start and End Points
On videoconverter.tokyo you set the start and end points using hour/minute/second fields. For finer control, the advanced settings let you specify milliseconds too.
Things to Keep in Mind While Trimming
The start point must come before the end point. We recommend checking the preview before running the conversion.
When Shortening a Long Video Is Useful
It's useful for cutting out a highlight from a talk or livestream, or shortening a video before posting it to social media.
How to Do This on videoconverter.tokyo
- Select your video file.
- Set the start and end points.
- Click "Create Edited Video" and download it once it's done.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes — set the trim points and a resize mode together, and both are applied in a single conversion.
The video is re-encoded during conversion, so there's a slight change, but it shouldn't be noticeable for typical use.
There is no limit on video length, so you can pick any section within the source video's own length.
Yes — open "Advanced (milliseconds)" to set the start and end points down to the millisecond.
Yes — leave the output width/height blank and the video keeps its original size.
You can upload MP4, MOV, WebM, or MKV files. The output is always MP4.