Crop Video for YouTube

Cropping within Seconds

The tool has prepared for you sizes that are set by default in some popular social media, so you won't waste time on making a square. Just select the one you need.

Works with All Video Formats

Online Video Cropper supports AVI, MPG, MP4, MOV, WMV and all the other video formats you might have.

Fast Conversion

You can change the format of your video to any other in the same window. You don't even need any other special software.

YouTube video cropper

As a widely used video platform, YouTube supports videos in various aspect ratios. But if the video happens not to match one of those aspect ratios, it may have black bars on the sides or top or bottom. In such cases, it’s better to crop YouTube video in advance so it has the appropriate size and looks visually optimized for the platform.

The easiest way to crop a video is to do so on YouTube right away by using formatting tags. However, this method only helps to prevent black bars from appearing on the video during playback, and occasionally the creator needs to crop out the part of the frame as well. For example, if they are making a tutorial video where they want to focus on demonstrating a specific task, cropping the video to highlight the relevant portion can be beneficial.

Using our online tool, you can crop and download your YouTube videos while maintaining their high quality — all right in your browser!

How to crop a video for YouTube

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Step

Upload a video

Choose or drag and drop a video from your device to our video cropper. Alternatively, you can add it from Google Photos, Google Drive, or Dropbox.

Step

Crop the video

Pick one of the pre-set dimensions for the video to get a specific aspect ratio, or click "Not set", then select the desired area and crop the video by dragging the corners of a yellow box in the preview screen. You can also enter the exact values you need. If necessary, change the output format for your file.

Step

Save the result

When every setting is applied, click "Export", then watch the preview to see how the result looks. If everything looks good, click "Download" to save it back to your device or cloud storage.

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