YouTube Video Editor

Edit videos for YouTube online for free

Create and edit videos online for YouTube

Video compilations, vlogs, dance clips, gaming highlights, and more - there's so many different types of videos that get uploaded to Youtube everyday. If you've been looking for an easy way to create video for YouTube, you've come to the right place.

Kapwing's easy online YouTube editor lets you take any video that you own and trim out the best parts for your content. You can use the timeline to append multiple social media clips from places like YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram together, or just take your own original footage and optimize it for Youtube.

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How to Edit a Youtube Video

YouTube Video Editor
  1. Upload Your Video

    Upload the video that you want to edit for YouTube. You can upload files or paste a URL from YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and more.

  2. Edit Your Video For YouTube

    Add text overlays, subtitles, create multiple scenes, trim, add cuts, overlay music, and much more.

  3. Download and Share on YouTube

    Press `Export` to process your video, then download the file from Kapwing and upload to YouTube.

Edit a Youtube Video Online

Creating and editing a great YouTube video should be free and accessible for everyone. Kapwing can help you make your first YouTube videos, enhance content, and grow your subscriber count on YouTube with high-quality videos. Make an SRT file, add jump cuts, filter, insert an intro, design a thumbnail, and combine videos together in just a few clicks.

Video editing can make your YouTube videos stand out from the pack and get attention on the YouTube Discover page. Upload or a video from your device or use a link to a video you find online and start editing immediately for free. Great for beginners, gamers, influencers, fitness stars, and anyone else just getting started on YouTube.

Kapwing works on any computer, tablet, or phone, including Chromebooks, iPads, Windows, Mac, Android, and feature phones. No installs required. Finally a YouTube video editor that actually works.

Frequently Asked Questions

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What video editor do YouTubers use?

There are countless video editors that YouTubers use, ranging from Adobe Premiere Pro to iMovie or Final Cut Pro X. A common issue YouTubers have with using these video editors is that you have to have a strong computer that can handle large file sizes and also pay for a subscription with strict commitments. An alternative video editor that many YouTubers are starting to use is the online video editor, Kapwing. You can edit any video on Kapwing directly from your web browser on any device— no downloads, no installations, and no commitment required.

How do you edit YouTube videos faster?

To edit YouTube videos faster, you can either hire a freelance YouTube video editor or use a video editor powered by AI and smart tools. There are several online video editors online you can use to edit videos more quickly, like Kapwing. You can access Kapwing directly in your web browser and use their smart video-editing tools like the automatic video editor, scene finder, automatic background remover, and many more.

Where can I edit YouTube videos for free?

While there are many free online video editors, Kapwing is the internet’s #1 video editor you can use without any financial commitment. If you use Kapwing for free and decide you want access to their premium features, you can opt-in for Kapwing Pro to edit YouTube videos faster and more efficiently with AI-powered tools like Smart Cut, Scene Finder, Automatic Background Remover, and many more.

What's different about Kapwing?

Easy
Easy
Start creating immediately with thousands of templates and copyright free videos, images, music, and GIFs. Repurpose content from the internet by pasting a link.
Free
Free
Kapwing is completely free to start. Just upload a video and start editing. Supercharge your editing workflow with our powerful online tools.
Accessible
Accessible
Automatically subtitle and translate videos with our AI-powered Subtitler tool. Caption your videos in seconds, so that no viewers get left behind.
Online
Online
Kapwing is cloud based, which means your videos are wherever you are. Use it on any device and access your content anywhere in the world.
No spam or ads
No spam or ads
We don't serve ads: we're committed to building a quality, trustworthy website. And we will never spam you nor sell your information to anyone.
Powerful
Powerful
Kapwing works hard to help make the content you want, when you want it. Get started on your project today.
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Best online video service ever. And a miracle for deaf people.
[Subtitler] is able to autogenerate subtitles for video in almost any language. I'm deaf (or almost deaf, to be correct) and thanks to Kapwing I'm now able understand and react on videos from my friends :)
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This tool should be in every social media account managers' bookmark list.
I use this daily to help with video editing. Even if you're a pro video editor, their is no need to be spending hours trying to get the format correct. Kapwing does the hard work for you.
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Kapwing is incredibly intuitive. Many of our marketers were able to get on the platform and use it right away with little to no instruction. No need for downloads or installations - it just works.
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With Kapwing, we're always ready to create.
Kapwing is an essential tool that we use in MOXIE Nashville every day. As a social media agency owner, there's a variety of video needs that my clients have. From adding subtitles to resizing videos for various platforms, Kapwing makes it possible for us to create incredible content that consistently exceeds client expectations. With Kapwing, we're always ready to create - from anywhere!
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Spend less time learning... and more time crafting stories.
Kapwing helps you spend less time learning complex video editing platforms and more time crafting stories that will connect with your audience and customers. We've used the platform to help create engaging social media clips from our clients' podcasts and we can't wait to see how the platform simplifies this process going forward. If you've learned graphic design with Canva, you can learn video editing with Kapwing.
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It keeps getting better!
Kapwing is probably the most important tool for me and my team. It’s always there to meet our everyday needs in creating scroll-stopping and engaging videos for us and our clients. Kapwing is smart, fast, easy to use and full of features that are exactly what we need to make our workflow faster and more effective. We love it more each day and it keeps getting better.
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By the far the most user friendly software to use.
As a housewife at home looking to start a Youtube channel for fun with absolutely zero editing experience, it was so easy for me to teach myself via their YouTube channel. It takes the tediousness out of editing and encourages creativity. As long as Kapwing is around, I will be using their software.
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Youtuber
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Kapwing is my secret weapon!
This is one of the most powerful, yet inexpensive and easy-to-use video editing software I've found. I blow my team away with how fast and efficiently I can edit and turnaround video projects.
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Kapwing is king.
When I use this software, I feel all sorts of creative juices flowing because of how jam-packed with features the software really is. A very well-made product that will keep you enticed for hours.
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Love this site.
As a English Foreign Language Teacher, this site helps me to quickly subtitle interesting videos that I can use in class. The students love the videos, and the subtitles really help them to learn new vocabulary as well as better understand and follow the video.
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Excellent subtitling features
[It] works perfectly for me. Have been using Kapwing for a year or so, and their automatic subtitle tool gets better and better every week, it's rare that I have to correct a word. Keep up the good work!
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Consultant
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Best online video service ever. And a miracle for deaf people.
[Subtitler] is able to autogenerate subtitles for video in almost any language. I'm deaf (or almost deaf, to be correct) and thanks to Kapwing I'm now able understand and react on videos from my friends :)
Mitch Rawlings
Information Services Freelancer
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