# Can I edit a video on my iPhone (the techno-peasant asked hopefully)?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 19, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-edit-a-video-on-my-iphone-the-techno-peasant-asked-hopefully/806938 "2018-01-19T02:14:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-edit-a-video-on-my-iphone-the-techno-peasant-asked-hopefully/806938/1 "2018-01-19T02:14:11Z")

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Hi, I took a video on my iPhone that went a bit long. I’d like to cut off the last little bit because it’s not relevant.

Is there an easy way to do that?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-edit-a-video-on-my-iphone-the-techno-peasant-asked-hopefully/806938/2 "2018-01-19T02:16:55Z")

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Yes, iMovie is free for the iPhone.

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**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-edit-a-video-on-my-iphone-the-techno-peasant-asked-hopefully/806938/3 "2018-01-19T02:45:15Z")

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Is that an App I can get from the App Store? Then what do I do?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-edit-a-video-on-my-iphone-the-techno-peasant-asked-hopefully/806938/4 "2018-01-19T02:49:34Z")

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Yes.  
Then, you “share” the video to iMovie, and edit it there.

If you only want to trim the movie, you can actually do that from the Photos app. When you play the movie, there is an “edit” button in the URH corner. Click on that, and the timeline will appear at the bottom. You can select the duration by dragging the sides.