- Go to studio.youtube.com and click Content in the left sidebar. Click the title of the video you want to trim to open its details page.
- Click Editor in the left sidebar to open the YouTube Studio video editor.
- Go to the Trim & cut section, drag the left handle inward to trim the start of the video.
- To trim from the end, drag the right handle inward to trim the end of the video.
- To remove a section from the middle, click New Cut, move the playhead to the start and end of the section, select the segment, then click the check icon at both points.
- Preview the edited video in the player to confirm the cuts look correct.
- Click Save in the top-right corner. YouTube will process the changes and apply them to the published video - this may take a few minutes.
How to Trim a YouTube Video Online
Use this step-by-step demo to learn how to trim a YouTube video online.
📌 Why this matters
Why this matters
Re-uploading a video to fix a bad intro or an accidental extra few seconds at the end means losing all existing views, comments, and watch time data attached to that URL. Trimming directly in YouTube Studio solves the problem without touching any of that. For teams and organizations, this is the right approach when a published training video or product demo has a dead-air ending, an outdated intro, or a section that needs to be removed after the fact - the fix is applied to the existing video without disrupting anything already associated with it.
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