№ YouTube cropper
Crop a YouTube video and download it.
Mark where the part you want starts and ends, and download just that. Nothing is installed, nothing is watermarked, and you never wait for the whole video first.
Length
Clean Cut
Frame
Smart 9:16
Device
Mobile Ready
Money Back Guarantee
№ 02 / Two kinds of crop
Shorter, narrower, or both.
People mean two different things by cropping a video. Usually it is the length: there is one part worth keeping and the rest can go. Mark where it starts and where it ends, and that is the file you get — the cut happens before the download, so nothing arrives that you were only going to throw away.
The other meaning is the picture itself — a widescreen video that has to fit a phone screen. Choose the vertical option and the frame is reshaped to 9:16 as well as shortened, with the crop tracking the speaker or the action instead of blindly cutting the sides off and losing half of whoever was talking.
Cropping by length is precise to the second by default. If speed matters more than an exact boundary, fast mode skips re-encoding and returns the crop in seconds, aligned to the nearest keyframe in the source.
Need a specific format? YouTube to MP4 Cutter · YouTube Audio Cutter (MP3)
Need a specific resolution? 4K YouTube Cutter · YouTube Clip Downloader (1080p)
№ 03 / How it works
Three steps to a cropped clip.
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01
Paste URL
Paste the YouTube video URL into the AppsGolem cutter.
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02
Select the part
Drag the slider or type start and end times to select the part you want.
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03
Download the crop
Download the cropped clip — only the part you marked is produced.
№ 04 / FAQ
Crop FAQ
How do I crop a YouTube video and download it?
Paste the video link, mark where the part you want starts and ends, and download. Only that section is produced, so you never download the whole video and cut it yourself afterwards.
Can I crop the picture, not just the length?
Yes. Pick the 9:16 vertical option and the picture is reframed as well as shortened — the crop keeps the speaker or the action centred while it reshapes a widescreen video for Shorts, Reels and TikTok.
Does the cropped video have a watermark?
No. The file comes out clean, with no watermark, no intro and no ads burned into the frame. It imports straight into Premiere, Final Cut and DaVinci Resolve.
Can I crop several parts out of one video?
Yes. Add as many crops as you need from the same video, then switch on stitch and they come back joined into one file instead of a ZIP of separate clips. Useful for highlight reels without opening an editor.
Do I need to install anything to crop a YouTube video?
No. It runs in the browser — nothing to install and nothing to sign up for before you try it. It works the same on Windows, macOS, iPhone, iPad and Android.
Is this a free YouTube cropper?
You can paste a link and mark your crop for free; downloading the finished file is part of a paid plan (one-off from €9, no subscription). In return there are no ads, no malware, and no watermark on the file — unlike most free croppers.
№ 14 / Guides
More YouTube cutter guides.
MP4
YouTube to MP4 Cutter
Frame-accurate H.264 cuts that import into Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut without re-conform.
Audio
YouTube to MP3
Extract Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, or any podcast moment as MP4 or MP3.
Timestamp
Download a specific timestamp
Just the part you want — no whole-file download.
Save
Save a YouTube moment
Keep just the part that matters as an MP4 file.
Alternative
The YTCutter alternative
Everything a YT cutter should do — up to 4K, no ads, no watermark.
Long videos
Cut long videos
Trim multi-hour uploads without downloading the whole file.
GIF
YouTube to GIF
Turn any clip into a shareable animated GIF.
Frames
Extract JPG frames
Pull stills from any clip as a ZIP of JPG frames.
1080p
YouTube Clip Downloader (1080p)
1080p MP4, no watermark
Developers
API & MCP access
Cut clips from your own code, or connect an AI agent via MCP.
