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title: 'Crop video online free (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, no watermark) - OpenClip'
description: 'Crop video online with a live preview: cut the frame to 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, or any custom crop, remove black bars, and recenter your subject. Free, no watermark. Runs in your browser, your video never leaves your device.'
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[Tools](https://openclip.app/tools) Crop video online free (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, no watermark)

# Crop video online free (16:9, 9:16, 1:1, no watermark)

Crop video online with a live preview: cut the frame to 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, or any custom crop, remove black bars, and recenter your subject. Free, no watermark. Runs in your browser, your video never leaves your device.

1

Upload

Pick a video

2

Configure

Set crop & format

3

Download

Save your file

## Questions & answers

### How do I know what the crop will look like before exporting?

Live preview shows the cropped frame in real time as you drag the crop box. What you see is what you get.

### Can I crop a video without a watermark?

Yes. The export is a clean file with no watermark and no paywall; downloading takes a free account. Everything runs locally in your browser.

### How do I crop a video to 9:16 for TikTok or Reels?

Pick the 9:16 preset and drag the frame over your subject. There are also dedicated pages for [TikTok](/tools/crop-video-for-tiktok), [Instagram Reels](/tools/crop-video-for-instagram-reels), and [YouTube Shorts](/tools/crop-video-for-youtube-shorts) crops.

### Will cropping degrade the quality of the kept area?

No. The pixels inside the crop area keep their original quality; only the edges outside the box are discarded.

### Does my video get uploaded?

No. Cropping runs in your browser, your video never leaves your device, and we keep nothing.

### Can I turn a horizontal video into a vertical one?

Yes. That's a 9:16 crop of a 16:9 frame; the [landscape to portrait converter](/tools/landscape-to-portrait-video) walks through exactly that.

### What's the difference between cropping and resizing?

Cropping cuts pixels off the frame edges. The [video resizer](/tools/resize-video-online) scales the whole frame to a new size without discarding pixels.

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### More free tools

Keep editing inside the same browser-only toolkit.

- [Crop for TikTok](https://openclip.app/tools/crop-video-for-tiktok): Crop any video to the TikTok 9:16 frame.
- [Crop for Reels](https://openclip.app/tools/crop-video-for-instagram-reels): Crop videos to the Instagram Reels 9:16 frame.
- [Video Clip Editor](https://openclip.app/tools/video-clip-editor): Cut exact sections with frame-accurate points.