Crop Video
Crop a video to a new aspect ratio from the centre of the frame: portrait 9:16 for Reels, Shorts and TikTok, square 1:1 for a feed post, 4:5, 16:9 or 4:3. The sides that do not fit the ratio are cut away; nothing is stretched.
Drag & drop a file hereor click to browse from your device
When to use Crop Video
- Turn a landscape clip into a portrait Reel or Short
- Make a square version of a video for a feed post
- Cut black bars or a letterbox off a widescreen recording
- Fit a 4:3 clip to a 16:9 frame without stretching
Why use LinksConverter for this conversion
- Fast cloud pipeline
- Virus-scanned up to 1 GB
- Deleted after 2 hours (longer for very large files or with a pass)
- No sign-up, no watermark
How to Crop Video
Upload or paste your MP4
Drop a MP4 file from your device, or paste a public URL pointing to the MP4.
Click Crop Video
Our cloud workers fetch the file, scan it for malware (video and audio over 1 GB are not scanned), and run Crop Video.
Download your file
A download link appears as soon as it is ready; it works for anyone who has it until the file is deleted. The file is deleted from our storage two hours after it was made (longer for very large files or with a pass), normally within the next 15 minutes.
Crop Video — Frequently asked questions
It keeps the centre of the frame and trims equal amounts from both sides (or top and bottom) until the picture fits the ratio you picked. Keep the subject near the middle for the best result.
No. Cropping removes the edges; every pixel that stays keeps its shape. For a change of size with nothing cut, use the resize tool instead.
9:16 for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and Stories; 1:1 or 4:5 for an Instagram feed post; 16:9 for a regular YouTube video.
MP4 (H.264 video, AAC audio) at the cropped size, playable on any phone, computer or TV.
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