After recording videos with my smartphone, I often need to trim parts of the video files. Fortunately, Microsoft Windows 10 has tools that provide an easy way to trim video. Just follow these steps.
- Right-click the video file, and choose “Open with” > “Photos“.
- Select the “Trim” button located at the upper-right portion of the window.
- Slide the two white sliders to where the portion of the video you wish to keep is in between them. The blue slider only shows the current frame and has no bearing on trimming.
- Once you have the area of the video you wish to keep selected, click the “Save a copy” option located at the upper-right portion of the window.
- Give the video file a new name. Once saved, it will be the new trimmed version of the video.
Stacy says
BEST and EASIEST – I just trimmed a video file using your amazingly easy and correct instructions after fighting with understanding how to do this and feeling like a dunce from other “instructional” pieces online.
Sue says
Thanks Mitch.
Am SO pleased I found your page as this was so easy after I’d been grappling with complicated software.
I can now send my speaking extracts to event organisers. Hurray!
Cody says
Easy, works great in windows 10 without having to download any other software. Thanks for sharing!
Fernando Hernandez says
Once I open the video with the Photos app, and open the trimming option, only one marker appears. I assume I need two for the trimming to take effect?
mahdi abdullah says
this gave me a option for save but after it is saved the file vanishes
Dan says
Nope. When I follow the advice it does NOT give me the option of any “save a copy” as the save a copy is greyed out.
Rachelle says
It doesn’t give me the “Save a copy” option. Help!!
matt says
I only get one trim marker :(
Steve says
When I try to trim a 10 minute mp4 video there’s a message saying the video is less than 1 second and the only option is to close! Please help!!!
Yairah Shalhevet says
Very clear and precise instructions … perfect!! Thank you, Mitch.
carol says
Im trying to trim my mp4 video and I’m on windows 10..but it says not supported
Ugggghhh!! Help!!
Nelly H says
It does the job but I won’t say it works. I have a 4Gb MP4 file around 160 minutes long. I followed the steps and trim out 20 minutes at the ending. The result file is only 140 minutes long and both Video and Audio are good. The problem is not it takes 2 hours to finish but the result file is 7.95Gb!.
WIlly G says
how do you trim something in the middle? with the start and the end in the video, taking out part of the middle??
Cranky Cat says
Same here about it washing out the video. That’s what led me to look for some other way to do it.
Karl Eirik Bu says
Whenever i trim a video I get this slight gray tint on the final video, regardless of if I cut 10 seconds or 5 minutes of the video. Any known solutions?
Jack Johnson says
Thanks
Kimberly says
Oh, man. This helped me A LOT. I was going nuts trying to figure out how to easily do this. Thanks so much!
Terry C. says
This has been a major help. Thanks.
Johannes Bols says
Thanks! Really! It’s taken me a whole day to arrive at how to trim a video!