Crop MOV Online - Free
Cut the edges off a MOV or reframe it to a new shape, and download it as MOV again. Free, in your browser.
- Free to start
- In your browser
- Up to 1GB
Crop MOV in 3 steps
Upload your MOV
Drag and drop the MOV file, or click to browse. Anything under 1GB.
Drag the crop box
Pick a shape, then move and resize the frame over the part of the picture you want to keep.
Crop and download
The output is already set to MOV. Create a free account to download it, or keep editing in REQO.
Cropping a MOV and keeping it a MOV
MOV is Apple’s QuickTime container. It is what an iPhone and Final Cut hand you, and it can hold anything from ordinary H.264 to enormous ProRes masters, which is exactly why it travels badly outside the Apple ecosystem.
The output format is set to MOV before you start, so what you download is the same kind of file you uploaded: nothing downstream that expects a MOV has to be told about a new format. If you would rather have something that plays everywhere, switch the output to MP4 in the panel.
Container
Typical codecs
Plays on
File size
| Feature | MOV |
|---|---|
| Container | Apple QuickTime |
| Typical codecs | H.264, HEVC or ProRes |
| Plays on | macOS and iOS natively, patchy elsewhere |
| File size | Large, especially ProRes |
Before you crop a MOV
Since iOS 11 an iPhone records HEVC (H.265) by default, and Windows only plays HEVC with an extra extension from the Microsoft Store. Converting to MP4 re-encodes it to H.264, which plays everywhere.
A macOS screen recording (Cmd-Shift-5) is also a MOV, so a clip that plays fine on the Mac that made it can still be refused by a Windows colleague or an upload form.
crop mov: questions
Will it stay a MOV?
Yes. The output is pre-set to MOV, so the cropped file downloads as MOV. You can change it to MP4 or another format in the panel before exporting.
Does cropping a MOV lose quality?
The part you keep is re-encoded once at a high quality target, so it is not bit-for-bit identical, but it is indistinguishable at normal playback. Editing the same file over and over will eventually show, so keep your original.
Is cropping MOV free?
Yes. Crop and preview free, and a free account downloads the result. Free exports and share pages include a small REQO badge. Go Pro to remove it.
Other presets
Everything else you can do here.
All crop video presets
Resize to a resolution
Compress for a destination
Compress a format
Rotate or flip
Subtitles in another language
Convert a caption file
Need more than crop mov?
REQO is a full browser video editor: record, edit by transcript, caption and export.