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Online Video Trimmer

Cut and trim video clips for clarity—in seconds

Consolidating your videos down to their key points—or repurposing assets for social media—has never been easier.

Trim videos stored in your Dropbox account with our online video editing tools.

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Trim video
Cut long videos down to smaller clips

Trim videos without compression, or lowering over overall quality. Dropbox makes it easy to give your videos an attention-grabbing start.

Simply select any video stored in your Dropbox account and open it in our online video editor to start trimming.

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How to trim a video with Dropbox

Trim your video clips in just four simple steps.

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Choose your file

Select a file stored in your Dropbox account.

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Open the editor

Click Trim in the file preview window that appears to open the online video editor.

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Trim your video

Use the slider to drag the start and end points of the video to your desired duration.

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Save your file

Either overwrite the original file, or save a copy to create a separate trimmed version.

Create social clips
Record once, use everywhere

Get maximum mileage out of your video clips. Use the trim tool to repurpose full videos into smaller clips for sharing.

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Record faster
Save time on takes—keep the camera rolling

There’s no need to restart your recording every time you make a mistake. Let your camera or screen recorder run continuously, then use the trim tool to remove the sections you don’t need.

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Frequently asked questions

To trim a video file stored in your Dropbox account, simply select it and click Trim in the file preview window that appears.

Drag the sliders to adjust the start and end point of your video.

Once you’re done, you can choose to either overwrite your original file, or save your trimmed clip as a new version.

When trimming video in the Dropbox online video editor, your video quality will remain the same, meaning there’s no risk of reducing the quality of your clip.

When trimming video in the Dropbox online video editor, you can choose to overwrite your original file, or save your trimmed clip as a separate copy.

With Dropbox, you’re able to trim videos of the following formats using our online editor:

  • MP4
  • MOV
  • AVI
  • WMV

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