Crop a video
Cut away black bars, a messy background or anything at the edge of the picture, or crop a wide video to a tall or square shape.
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Drag a box over your video while it plays and only what’s inside is kept. Lock the box to a shape such as 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 1:1 or 4:5 for Instagram, or keep it free.
The saved video is exactly the size of what you cropped, or scaled to 1080p or 720p if you prefer. Phone videos filmed upright are handled the right way round.
What you get
- Drag the crop box over the playing video
- Shapes: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 4:3 or free
- Shows the exact pixel size as you crop
- Save at the crop size, 1080p or 720p
- MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV in, MP4 out
How to crop a video
- Open the crop tool and choose your video.
- Pick a shape, or leave it on Free.
- Drag the box and its corners to frame the shot.
- Press Save video.
Tip: Cropping a wide 1080p video to 9:16 leaves a picture about 600 pixels wide. That still looks sharp on a phone, but film tall from the start when you can.
Guide: Make a video vertical (9:16)
Questions
Can the crop follow a moving person?
Yes, with Long video to shorts: it reframes wide videos to tall and follows the person speaking.
Does cropping lower the quality?
Only the pixels you cut away are gone. The rest is saved at high quality.
Is my video uploaded?
No. Clipabay runs inside your browser, so your video is read and saved on your own computer or phone. Nothing is sent to a server, which is also why there is no upload wait.
Is it really free?
Yes. There is no account, no trial, no watermark and no limit on how many files you do. Clipabay is kept going by people who choose to buy us a coffee.