Free Video Editor

Easily transform your videos with our intuitive video editor, for free! Use effects such as overlays including images, text, and more! Enhance with music and sound effects. Save to your machine or publish your videos to share.

No registration or credit cards required.

No watermark on your video.

Upload to share when you are ready!

Choose Video To Edit

Launch Video Editor

Video Editing Software for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Chromebook

Manage and edit videos offline with our full video editor app. Explore plans

Spark creativity with free video editing tools

Choose from dozens of animated transitions.

Add voiceover narration, music, sound effects, computer audio.

Overlay text, images, videos, blurs and shapes on videos.

Import video, audio, and images from multiple devices.

Zoom in/out and highlight areas of your video.

Import your captions from a text file.

Video editing app for Android

Get creative with overlay stickers including emojis, frames, and more! Add text, blur your screen, record narration and more.

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Edit videos on iOS iPhone and iPad

Customize your iPhone and iPad videos with our mobile video editing app. Blur your screen, add stickers and more!

Learn about iPhone/iPad App

Ready to go further?

Manage all your content and projects in one place

Search, sort, filter, and organize your videos and images.
Backup your videos to work on multiple machines, or save space!
Connect with integration partners like Zoom and MS Teams to edit meeting recordings.
Launch the recorder, import videos, or start from a script.

Mix and match media content

Add video from a PC, Mac, Chromebook, or mobile iOS & Android.
Mix in screencast recordings, videos, audio files, and more!
Import your own music files or choose from our stock music library.
Add audio including voice narration, computer audio, and more!

Stock for any project

Explore our built-in stock library to inspire or enhance your videos.
Stock images, videos, and music, available for any project!

Add animations, effects and more!

Add animations to customized text.
Blur out sensitive information or hide areas of your screen.
Create a picture-in-picture effect with video overlays.
Go anywhere with our green screen (chroma key) filter.

Ready to go further with video editing? Explore plans

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Overall rating: 4.6 out of 5 based on 481 reviews.

Video Editing Software: Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best video editor for free?

You don’t need to be a professional editor to edit video. Anyone can edit! That’s why we believe our video editor is the best, and it’s FREE!

We’ve made the editing process easy to use and intuitive. It only takes a few easy clicks to add or implement an edit to your video. Just head to your video, click on our ‘Tools’ menu, and choose the tool you want to use.

Take a look at our Easy Video Editing Guide to learn the process and how to edit videos with Screencast-O-Matic.
Do you have a free video editor?

Absolutely! You can easily edit recordings and videos with our free video editor software. No log in required!

Many of our valuable video editing tools are free to use. You can cut and trim, add overlays including shapes and text, choose from dozens of transitions, add voiceover narration, and more!

It’s easy to get started with our free online video editor. You can launch the editor here to start creating videos.
Can I edit videos on all of my devices? (Mac, Windows PC, Android, and iOS iPhone and iPad)

You can edit videos on multiple devices with Screencast-O-Matic! You can edit for free on a Mac, Windows PC, Android, iOS iPhone/iPad, and Chromebook.

If you have a login, you can save all of your videos in your hosting account. You can then access it online on any device.

Just login to your account on any of these devices and you’ll have access to record, edit, and share.
How do I edit a YouTube video?

You can easily edit your YouTube video with our video editor.

Just edit your video using our easy editing process. Cut or trim your video. Add overlays including shapes, text, blurs, or images. Insert videos or previous recordings you’ve created. There’s no limit on what you can do!

With Screencast-O-Matic’s YouTube integration, we’ve made it easy for you to upload directly to your YouTube account. You can choose a channel to publish to.

Here is our YouTube tutorial to get started.
Can I edit video offline and without internet access?

Absolutely! If you are a Deluxe or Premier users, you can download our app to your computer and launch Screencast-O-Matic anytime, anywhere. Once you have internet access, you can upload and publish your videos.

Free users will need to have online access to edit a video.

Here is information on how to download Screencast-O-Matic app.

Learn how to work offline and edit videos anytime, anywhere.

Latest Update: October 7, 2021 | See What’s New