Free Video Cropper Tool
Crop video aspect ratios and borders directly inside your browser.
- 100% free
- Files stay on your device
- No sign-up, no watermark
Select a video to crop
Supports MP4, MOV, WEBM
What is Video Cropper Tool?
The Crop Video tool allows content creators, social media marketers, and video editors to alter the visible rectangular frame dimensions of video recordings without desktop editing software. Accepting MP4, WebM, MOV, and MKV inputs, the editor overlays a live crop rectangle on the video preview, letting you crop widescreen 16:9 landscape footage into 9:16 vertical video for TikTok and Instagram Reels, 1:1 square video for feed posts, or custom focal crops to eliminate unwanted background clutter. The rendering engine utilizes client-side WebAssembly video processing to crop pixel coordinates frame-by-frame and re-encode the audio-video stream cleanly. Users should be aware that cropping a video inherently discards the pixels outside the selection rectangle, so cropping a small sub-section of a 1080p clip will produce an output with lower total pixel resolution than the original.
How to use Video Cropper Tool
- 1
Load Source Video Clip
Upload your video file into the player to view the active frame and initialize the bounding crop box overlay.
- 2
Position and Scale Crop Boundaries
Select an aspect ratio preset (1:1, 9:16, 16:9, 4:5, 4:3) and move the crop box with the position sliders, or enter exact pixel values for a custom crop.
- 3
Render and Save Cropped Video
Click Crop Video to process the pixel spatial extraction in local memory and download your cropped video file.
Frequently asked questions
How do I crop a horizontal YouTube video into a vertical TikTok or Reel?
Select the 9:16 vertical preset, use the horizontal position slider to keep your subject inside the crop box, and click Crop Video to export a vertical MP4.
Will cropping a video reduce its visual sharpness?
Cropping removes outer pixels; if you crop deeply into a video, the remaining resolution is smaller than the original. The cropped area is re-encoded with H.264 at its original pixel density, so it is not upscaled or blurred.
Is audio synchronized properly after cropping video frame bounds?
Yes. Cropping only changes the picture; the audio track is re-encoded to AAC alongside the video with the same timestamps, so voices and music stay in sync.
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