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macOS and Windows. Your files stay on your computer.

Trim videos on your Mac or PC. No cloud.

Cut a clip down to the part worth keeping. Type one start and end for a whole batch, cut out the silences, or open the Trim Studio and delete words from the transcript to cut the video. Your footage never leaves your computer.

48 s20 sReal result from the recording: 13 pauses, 1 flubbed take, 8 fillers

Intel Mac or need help installing? All downloads

Hangar runs on Mac and Windows. Open this page there to download.

  • Free for 3 days
  • No account
  • Then $45 once, no subscription

The real app with a real file, recorded on screen.

Tour the Studio

How to trim a video on Mac or Windows

Each mark is a moment in the recording above. Pick one to play it from there.

Trim video in three steps

  1. Drop a clip or a batch

    Drag videos onto Hangar. MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI and M4V all work.

  2. Set the cut

    Type a start and end for every clip, choose Remove silence, or open the Trim Studio to keep several sections and cut by deleting words.

  3. Choose Fast or Precise

    Fast copies the segment out instantly with no quality loss. Precise lands on the exact frame and saves an MP4.

New to Hangar? How to run a tool, step by step

Choose how it cuts

Instant, exact or automatic. Pick the cut that fits.

Fast and Precise both cut one range. Fast is instant and lossless but snaps to the nearest keyframe, usually within a second or two. Remove silence finds the quiet parts of every clip and cuts them all.

  • Fast

    Start here

    An instant cut with no quality loss.

    Best for trimming the ends of long recordings.

  • Precise

    The cut lands on the exact frame.

    Best when a word or a beat must not be clipped.

  • Remove silence

    Every pause cut, in every clip.

    Best for talking-head videos, lessons and rough takes.

Every setting, explained in the Trim video guide Mode · Start and end · Remove silence

The alternative

Why not just open a video editor?

A full editor does far more than cut, and for a real edit it is the right tool. For taking the dead air off one clip, or the same cut off twenty, it is a lot of program.

ComparedFull video editorsHangar
Editing powerMultitrack timelines, effects, colorCuts, silence removal, transcript edits
Same cut on many clipsUsually one clip at a timeOne start and end for the whole batch
Quality after the cutUsually re-exports the whole clipFast mode copies it, no quality loss
Cutting out pausesOften by hand, pause by pauseRemove silence does every clip
Time to the first cutNew project, import, timeline, exportDrop, type two times, run

Who uses it

Who uses Trim video

  • Video creators

    Cut straight to the hook

    Trim a long take down to its strongest seconds before it goes out as a Reel or a Short.

    Hangar for video and social creators
  • Teachers

    Lessons without the dead air

    Remove silence takes the long pauses out of a recorded lesson before students watch it.

  • Product teams

    The ten seconds that matter

    Pull the moment a feature appears out of a long screen recording for a demo or a ticket.

One app, one payment

Trim video is one of 74 tools.

The same app trims, converts, compresses and captions video and audio, and does the same kind of work for PDFs and images. One payment covers every tool.

Save it as a chain

Your whole routine, one click

  1. Step 1Trim video
  2. Step 2Compress video
  3. Step 3Watermark video

Cut the clip in the Trim Studio. Then compress it and add your logo before it goes out.

How chains work

Questions

Before you download

More answers in the help center.

Is it really free?

Every tool is free for 3 days, with no account and no card. After that, Hangar is a one-time payment from $45, with updates for the version you buy. There is no subscription.

Can I keep several parts of one clip?

Yes. In the Trim Studio you keep as many sections as you like, and everything between them is cut out in one export.

How does cutting by words work?

The Trim Studio shows the clip’s transcript, made on your computer. Delete a word or a sentence and that part of the video is cut.

Is the cut lossless?

In Fast mode, yes. The segment is copied out without re-encoding, so there is no quality loss and it is nearly instant. Precise mode re-encodes to land on the exact frame.

How accurate is the cut?

Fast mode snaps to the nearest keyframe, usually within a second or two. Precise mode is accurate to the exact frame you set.

Can I trim many clips the same way?

Yes. The same in and out points apply across the batch, and any clip shorter than the end point is clamped automatically.

Does anything get uploaded?

No. Your files are processed on your computer and never sent anywhere. Hangar sends anonymous usage counts to improve the app, never file names or contents, and you can turn that off in Settings.

Does one license cover Mac and Windows?

Yes. A license works on any mix of Mac and Windows computers. Solo covers 1 computer, Crew 3 and Fleet 10.

Try Trim video free for 3 days.

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Intel Mac or need help installing? All downloads

Hangar runs on Mac and Windows. Open this page there to download.