Edit your project in Clips

A clip selected in a project, with a row of buttons above for deleting, trimming, splitting, duplicating or saving the selected clip.

You can refine your video project by moving, trimming, splitting, duplicating and deleting clips. You can turn off a clip’s sound and you can save a copy of a clip to your Photos library.

After you select a clip in your project, swipe left and right to view tools you can use to edit the clip.

Buttons that appear below the viewer when a clip is selected. From left to right, the buttons are Effects, Mute, Delete, Trim, Split, Duplicate and Save Clip.

Reorder clips

With a project open in the Clips app , touch and hold a clip until it floats.
Drag it left or right.

Trim a clip

With a project open in the Clips app , tap a clip.
Tap Trim .
Drag the start and end markers to set the beginning and end of the clip, then tap Trim.

Split a clip

With a project open in the Clips app , tap a clip.
Tap Split .
Drag the playhead to where you want to split the clip, then tap Split.

Duplicate a clip

With a project open in the Clips app , tap a clip.
Tap Duplicate .
The duplicate clip appears after the original clip, with any filters or graphics you added to the original clip.

Mute a clip

With a project open in the Clips app , tap a clip.
Tap Mute .
If the clip has more than one kind of audio, you can choose whether to mute audio you added (such as a recorded voiceover) or the clip’s original audio.
To hear the sound again, tap Mute .

Delete a clip

With a project open in the Clips app , tap a clip.
Tap Delete .
Tap Delete to confirm.

Save a copy of a clip to your library

With a project open in the Clips app , tap a clip.
Tap Save Clip .
The clip is saved to a Clips album in your library.
Note: Clips copied to your library are saved without filters or graphics. To save a clip or photo with items you’ve added, see Save video with effects.

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Clips User Guide