Trimming Videos

You can trim the frames from the beginning and end of videos that you record. You can trim the original video or save the trim as a new clip.

Screen showing a frame of a recorded movie. Across the top are from left to right: the Cancel button, the number of the frame and the total number of frames (for example, 5 of 6), and the Trim button. Below that is a series of thumbnail images of the movie's frames, enclosed in a yellow rectangle with handles at both ends. At the bottom center of the of the screen is a Play button.

Trim a video: 

  1. While viewing a video, tap the screen to display the controls.

  2. Drag either end of the frame viewer at the top of the video, then tap Trim.

  3. Tap Trim Original or tap Save as New Clip.

IMPORTANT: Trimming the original video permanently deletes the frames you edit from the video.

New clips are saved in the Camera Roll album along with the original video.