How to edit videos on your iPhone: the basics

By Con, founder of Music Wide Selfie · Updated 22 October 2026

Short answerStart in the Photos app: tap Edit to trim, crop, straighten and adjust colour. For cutting several clips together with music and titles, use a free editor such as Apple’s iMovie or the editor built into the app you post on.

Photos app

Trim the start and end.
Crop and straighten.
Adjust exposure and colour.
Edits can be undone later with Revert.

Multi-clip editing

Editors let you put clips in order, cut mistakes, add music, text and transitions. Pick one and learn it well rather than switching often.

Workflow

Put clips in order.
Cut everything that doesn’t add something.
Add music and balance it under your voice.
Add captions.
Export at the resolution you filmed in.

Questions

Does editing in Photos lose quality?

Basic edits are saved non-destructively, so you can revert to the original.

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