If you are used to uploading videos to YouTube, you should try it. integrated editor that has the video platform itself, Which? Well, no more and no less than YouTube Studio. In addition to offering extremely useful statistics on the channels owned by users, this editor It has several tools that allow you to edit videos already uploaded to YouTube.
This time we will talk specifically about the crop toolWhich allows you to trim any YouTube video in a simple, fast and free way. If you need to crop a specific video, all you have to do is log in to your YouTube account via YouTube Studio and follow each of the steps we’ll show you in this article.
Trimming a YouTube video is super easy
Despite YouTube Studio is present on Android and iOS mobile devicesvia its official app, you can’t crop YouTube videos from the official app. In other words, you will need to use a computer to be able to cut videos of YouTube with YouTube Studio.
If you have access to a PC, you can crop videos you uploaded to YouTube by doing the following:
- First you will have to do this log in to YouTube Studio. Once inside said website, you need to log in with your YouTube account (where the video you want to crop is hosted).
- Then, you have to click on the option that says “Content” (located on the left).
- Therefore, you will have to do it click on the video you want to crop.
- After selecting the video in question, you have to click on the option that says “Publisher”.
- You will have to click “Start” to open the editor in question.
- Several options will appear, you have to choose the one that says “Cut”.
- Move the blue bars to crop the video. Once cropped, click “Maintain”.
- You will need to click “Save” again to confirm your changes.
- It’s worth mentioning too you can make cuts on the cut you made. You can also choose the number of seconds and/or minutes so that the crop is more precise.
How to trim a YouTube video that isn’t yours?
On the other hand, if you need it cut a YouTube video that doesn’t belong to youi.e. it was uploaded by another user, you can use two methods. The first is to use the called function “Cut/Clip/Remix” that YouTube offers on both mobile devices and PC. This feature is completely free and you can use it as follows:
- Open the YouTube app from your phone or go to the YouTube site from your PC.
- Select the YouTube video you want to trim.
- Click on the button that says “Cut”.
- Adjust the blue box to choose the part of the video you want to cut.
- Add a title to the clipping, then click “Share clips”.
- Finally, Select a messaging app to share the clip that you have cropped (you can copy the link to download the cropping via some YouTube video download websites).
If this method is not useful to youyou will have no choice but to download YouTube video to your mobile phone or PCand then use a video editor. In this case we recommend using CapCut, since it is a completely free editor that allows you to easily crop videos:
- First you need to download the YouTube video to your computer or mobile phone. You can use one of the many websites that allow you to download YouTube videos or use the Dentex app.
- With the video already downloaded, you will need to open CapCut and continue “Create project”.
- Press the option that says “Question” to select the YouTube video.
- Drag the video down then you can cut it.
- To trim the video, you will have to drag content from left to right or right to left (right at the edges of the video).
- Once you have cropped the video, you will have to click on “Export” to save your changes.
It’s worth mentioning you can use any video editor to trim those YouTube videos that are not yours. It will work perfectly as long as you download the videos to your cell phone or computer.
