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Edit clips in Clips
![A clip selected in a video, with a row of editing tools above the clip.](https://help.apple.com/assets/652EBA5BF83332A9D5025559/652EBA5DF83332A9D502555F/en_US/50891451130842a9894a5c27b5cc550b.png)
You can refine your video by trimming clips to change which part of a clip is shown. You can also split clips and turn off a clip’s sound.
After you select a clip in your video, swipe left and right to view tools you can use to edit the clip.
![Buttons that appear below the viewer when a clip is selected. From left to right, the buttons are Effects, Mute, Delete, Trim, Split, Duplicate, and Save Clip.](https://help.apple.com/assets/652EBA5BF83332A9D5025559/652EBA5DF83332A9D502555F/en_US/2bb2ea9e7af91af66b4de128d09790b1.png)
Trim a clip
With a video open in the Clips app
, tap a clip.
Tap Trim
.
Drag the start and end markers to set the beginning and end of the clip, then tap Trim.
Split a clip
With a video open in the Clips app
, tap a clip.
Tap Split
.
Drag the playhead to where you want to split the clip, then tap Split.
Mute a clip
With a video open in the Clips app
, tap a clip.
Tap Mute
.
If the clip has more than one kind of audio, you can choose whether to mute audio you added (such as a recorded voiceover) or the clip’s original audio.
To hear the sound again, tap Mute
.