Create and manage clips

You can clip a small portion of a video or live stream and share it with others. Clips are public and can be watched by anyone with access to the clip who can also watch the original video. You can find clips that you've made and clips made from your videos on the 'Your clips' library page.

Note: Clipping videos is turned on by default. Learn how to turn it off.

YouTube clips

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Create and share a clip

Clips are 5 to 60 seconds long and are played on a loop from the original video's watch page.

Sign in to YouTube.
Go to a video that you want to clip.
Select More Clip .
Add a title to your clip (max. 140 characters).
Select the section of the video that you'd like to clip. You can increase (maximum of 60 seconds) or decrease (minimum of 5 seconds) the length of your selection by dragging the slider.
Click Share clip.
Choose an option for sharing the clip:
- Embed: You can embed the video on a website.
- Social networks: You can share your clip to a social network like Facebook or X, formerly known as Twitter.
- Email: You can share your clip using the default email software on your computer.
- Copy the link: You can copy a link to your clip to paste it somewhere else.

Note: You can find clips that you've made and clips that viewers have made from your content in the Clips library.

Delete a clip that you've created

Sign in to YouTube.
From the left menu, click Your clips under the 'You' section.
Find the clip that you want to delete and select the menu .
Tap Delete clip Delete forever.

Note: Deleting a clip removes it from YouTube. Users with access to the clip's URL and creators who own the original video on which the clip was made will no longer have access to the clip.

Don't allow viewers to clip your content

You can prevent your audience from creating and sharing clips of your video.

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, click Settings .
Select Channel Advanced settings.
Under Clips, untick Allow viewers to clip my content.
Click Save.

Note:

You can add users to your channel's 'Hidden users' list to prevent them from creating clips of your videos or live streams.
You can also add words to your list of blocked words to prevent them from being used in the titles of clips from your videos and live streams.

Manage clips of your videos

You can manage clips made from your videos in YouTube Studio.

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, click Content .
Select a video's title or thumbnail.
From the left menu, click Clips .
You can view, play and share your clips.

Manage the 'Top community clips' section

You can display top clips of your videos on your channel Home tab. These clips can be made by you or your viewers. Once added to your Home tab, clips will be publicly visible and organised by popularity and how recently they were created.

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, click Customisation .
Under the 'Featured sections', click Add section .
Select Top community clips.
- Tip: You can position the shelf by dragging it up and down.
Click Publish.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

I don't see how to create clips on YouTube.

To make clips from a video or live stream on YouTube, you must:

Be signed in.
Create a clip from an eligible and opted-in channel.

Clips can't be made from:

Videos shorter than two minutes
Videos that are Made for Kids
Live streams without DVR
Live streams over eight hours long
Premieres while they're still live
Videos made from news channels
Videos from channels that turned off clip creation on their content

Who can see the clips that I've created?

Clips are public and can be watched and shared by anyone with access to the clip who can also watch the original video. Creators can watch and share all clips made from their videos in their Library page on the main YouTube app and in YouTube Studio. Clips can also be seen on selected search, discovery and analytics surfaces available to viewers and creators on YouTube.

Why are the clips that I've created no longer available?

Clips of a particular video will be removed if:

The original video is deleted or set to private.
The original video violates our Community Guidelines.

Note: Clips made from unlisted videos remain available.

I created a clip from a live stream that's not working.

Clips will show up after the live stream has finished and has been uploaded as a video. You can't create clips from live streams without DVR or live streams longer than the DVR time frame. Learn how to turn on DVR on live streams.

If a live stream lasts longer than the DVR time frame, any clips that fall outside the DVR time frame will not be playable until the live stream ends and the original video is posted.

Can I create Shorts from clips?

Yes, you can remix a clip if the clip's source video is eligible for remix. All remix tools available to you on a video are also available to any clip of that video.

Creators who own the clip's source video can convert the entire clip into a Short.

How can I view my clip's performance?

You can view the number of clips made from your video, the number of views for each clip, who made it and other details under Clips

on YouTube Studio.

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