YouTube Clipper — Trim YouTube Videos to MP4 Online

A YouTube clipper lets you take a specific start and end moment inside a video and save just that window. With Choppity, paste a plain YouTube video link, pick your timestamps in the UI, and we export a real MP4 you can download, edit, and repost — no ?start= URL tricks or embed codes.

Pasting a link, previewing the video, and choosing your start/end timestamps is completely free with no signup. You only sign up at app.choppity.com when you want to render and download the MP4 — the free plan covers your first clips so you can try the full export before paying.

No. Paste the normal YouTube video link — watch, Shorts, or youtu.be. You do not need to append ?start=, ?t=, or end= to the URL, and you do not need an embed link. We load the full video from that link and you set the trim points with the slider or timestamp fields.

Yes. Teachers use the clipper to trim a 2-minute moment out of a 1-hour lecture, then upload the MP4 directly into Google Classroom, Canvas, Moodle, Schoology, or a Notion lesson plan. Because it’s a real file instead of a YouTube link, students see no ads, no recommended videos, and no risk of the source video being taken down mid-semester.

The "YouTube Clipper" Chrome extension clips and shares the last 30 seconds of a YouTube video as an embed link — it never produces a file and only works inside Chrome. Choppity is a hosted web app that works in any browser with no extension install, lets you pick any start/end window (not just the last 30 seconds), and exports a real MP4.

This page focuses on video MP4 clips at 360p and 1080p, which covers the dominant YouTube clipper search intent. If you need audio-only, the cleanest path is to export an MP4 here and convert it, or use our <a href="/tools/free-youtube-script-extractor/">YouTube script extractor</a> when what you really want is the text of the spoken content.

Any standard public YouTube video link: youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtube.com/shorts/…, or youtu.be/…. Paste the link as you would copy it from the address bar — no embed URLs, no ?start= parameters. Live streams and private or members-only videos will not load.

Clips export as MP4 (H.264/AAC) at either 360p for small file sizes or 1080p full HD. MP4 is the safest format for editing software, social platforms, LMS uploads, and presentation tools, which is why we standardized on it instead of also offering WebM.

You’re taken to app.choppity.com/youtube-clipper to sign in (or create a free account) and the trim window you set up here is carried across. We render the MP4 in the cloud and drop it into your workspace alongside <a href="/tools/free-video-caption-generator/">captions</a>, <a href="/tools/free-youtube-script-extractor/">transcripts</a>, the <a href="/tools/youtube-to-shorts-converter/">Shorts converter</a>, and <a href="/tools/social-media-video-scheduler/">scheduling</a> so you can finish the job in one place.

Use this YouTube clipper when you already know the exact start and end timestamps you want. Use the <a href="/tools/podcast-clip-generator/">Podcast Clip Generator</a> when you have an hour-long episode and want AI to surface dozens of clip-worthy moments. Use the <a href="/tools/youtube-to-shorts-converter/">YouTube to Shorts Converter</a> when you want AI to find viral hooks and reformat them to 9:16 automatically.