Have you ever discovered a mistake on your YouTube video after you've uploaded it and
wanted to remove that mistake without affecting the views, comments, or video URL? Debbie says,
yes. "After upload, I discovered that there were 6 blank seconds after the beginning. In this video,
you'll learn how to trim the beginning or end of an existing video on YouTube
or remove multiple sections without affecting the views and comments. Here's
how to trim the beginning or end of your YouTube video.
Click on the content tab in YouTube studio. Select the video that you wish to trim. Click,
live. if it's a live video. I'm going to select this video. Click the pencil.
Icon that says details. Click editor, click trim and cut. To trim the beginning,
move the slider to the right. To trim the end, move the slider at the end to the left.
Everything between two sliders will be kept and everything outside the sliders will be removed.
After you're happy with the changes, just click save. If you click on the three dots,
that says Options, you can save it as a new video, then re-upload
it. You can revert to the original, or you can use the keyboard shortcuts. If
you're not happy with the changes and want to restart editing, click discard changes.
Keep in mind that if your video has over a hundred thousand views, you may not be able to save it,
except to blur faces. This restriction doesn't apply to channels that are in the YouTube
partner program. Here's how to cut out a section or multiple sections of your YouTube video. Click
trim, and cut. Click New cut. A red box will appear on the timeline. To remove a specific
section of your video, move the slider to where you want the section to be cut out.
If you want to get a more detailed view of the section you want to remove from your timeline,
just expand the timeline by moving the slider to the right. So I'm going to remove
this section. Click cut. Now the section has been removed. If you want to undo it,
just click undo. If you want to cancel the cut, just click the X. If you wanna delete
this section, just click the trash icon then click delete. Cut. If you want to preview it,
click preview. Then you can listen to the preview. School.
Vocalize says, "thanks so much. I just uploaded the wrong mp4....my raw footage with no editing,
I could hear me saying the same sentence twice in the middle.
If you want to remove a new section, go to the section you wish to remove. Click new cut.
Move the handles to the section that you wish to remove. Now you have two sections that you have
removed from the timeline. You can also preview them to check them out. When you've removed
all the sections, just click save. It says Save changes. It might take a few hours for
your changes to apply. During that time, viewers will see the current version of the video. You
won't be able to make other changes to the video. The original version of your video will be stored,
so you can undo your edits. While you wait, you can leave the site then click save. If you want
to discard the changes that you made, click discard changes, then you can start re-editing
your video. Keep in mind that your URL, view count and comments will remain unchanged. Unfortunately,
YouTube doesn't allow you to trim a Shorts video using the YouTube video editor. However,
you can still add an info card or end screen. What if you want to add or swap an audio
Track on a video that's already been uploaded to YouTube? Is that possible? Click add audio.
You can select from this list, or you can use the search or filter library. So you can track
by title, genre, music, artist name, duration, attribution not required, or attribution required.
So I can select attribution not required. You can play the audio track to preview it.
To select the song, just click Add. Now you can see that the song has been added by showing the
blue box in the editor. You can drag the blue box to where you want to start the song on the video.
You can drag the edges of the blue box to limit how much the song you want to play on the video.
If you want to get a more precise adjustment, move the Zoom slider to the right. When you're
happy with your adjustments, just click save. Keep in mind this feature's only available for videos
that are shorter than six hours. You can also use YouTube's online video editor to Blur Faces,
add an end screen. info cards, and ad breaks to existing videos on YouTube.
If you want to know how to promote a long form video by editing it into a short watch
this video on the screen right now on how to make shorts from existing long form videos.