Cut and trim an animated GIF
Trim the start and end of an animated GIF; pick the part to keep in seconds or by frame number
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How it works
Tap or click the box and choose your GIF. Seconds are usually the easiest way to give the range: type 1.5 as the start and 4 as the end, and the part from 1.5 s to 4 s is kept while the rest is cut. To trim only the beginning, leave the end at 0; 0 means "to the end". Example: a 10-second reaction GIF with 2 empty seconds at the start becomes an 8-second GIF with start 2 and end 0. If you know the exact frames, pick "Frame number"; the first frame is 1 and both ends are included, so 5 to 20 keeps 16 frames. After "Cut", the result line shows the frame count and length before and after, plus the range of frame numbers that made it in. Save it with "Download"; it goes to your Downloads folder.
This tool is also known as cut gif, trim gif, gif cutter, shorten gif, cut gif length, gif trimmer, cut part of a gif.
What is Cutting (trimming) a GIF?
Cutting a GIF means choosing a stretch of time inside an animated GIF and dropping the rest: the pause at the start, the extra loop at the end, or everything around a single movement. The picture size does not change; only the number of frames and the total length go down. This tool opens every frame as a full picture, writes the frames inside your range with their own frame times and saves a new GIF.
What is Frame number and frame time?
A GIF is a sequence of frames, and each frame stores how long it stays on screen; 0.1 seconds is a common value. The frame number is a frame's place in that sequence, and on this page the first frame is 1. A range given in seconds is turned into frame boundaries by adding up those times. To see every frame with its number, the GIF frame extractor saves each frame as a separate picture.
What is the difference between cutting and cropping a GIF?
Cutting shortens the time, cropping shrinks the picture area. This page removes frames from the start and the end: a 10-second GIF becomes 4 seconds long, but the picture keeps its size. Cropping removes pixels from the edges of every frame: the GIF still runs for 10 seconds, but the picture becomes narrower or square. If you need both, cut here first and then crop with the GIF crop tool. Cutting is also the most effective way to make a file smaller, because every dropped frame leaves the file completely.
What happens at the edges of the range
A range in seconds does not always land exactly where a frame starts. In a GIF with 0.1-second frames, starting at 0.15 s keeps the frame that is on screen at that moment, but only for the remaining 0.05 s. That way the new GIF lasts exactly as long as your range. Browsers cannot show a frame for less than 0.02 s, so very short edge frames are rounded up to 0.02 s and tiny leftovers are dropped.
Most GIFs store only the part that changed since the previous frame, to stay small. A plain copy starting in the middle of such a GIF would show a half-drawn first frame. This tool opens every frame as a full picture, so the first frame of the new GIF is complete. The catch is file size: with every frame stored whole, even a short clip may weigh a bit more than you expect.
Seconds or frame numbers?
For GIFs made from a video or a screen recording, seconds are more practical: watch the GIF, estimate the moment you want to start from, and type it. The result line shows which frames were kept. If the range needs adjusting, cut the same original again with new values; your original file does not change.
Frame numbers are better for isolating a single movement precisely. This page has no frame-by-frame preview; to find the numbers, split the GIF with the GIF frame extractor first, note the first and last frame you want, then cut here with "Frame number". To change the speed, use the GIF speed changer; this page does not change frame times.
Frequently asked questions
How do I cut part of a GIF?
Choose the GIF in the box, type the start and end in seconds (for example 2 and 5) and press "Cut". Frames outside the range are dropped and the rest are written into a new GIF with their own frame times. Save it with "Download".
Can I cut only the beginning of a GIF?
Yes. Type how much to drop as the start and leave the end at 0, which means "to the end". To cut only the end, leave the start at 0 and type the end.
Does cutting reduce the quality of the GIF?
No. Cutting only drops frames; the pixels and times of the frames you keep are written unchanged. In the unusual file whose frames add up to more than the GIF limit of 256 colors, colors are mapped to one shared table and the result line ends with a note about it.
Why is my cut GIF bigger than I expected?
Many GIFs stay small by storing only the changed part of each frame. To make sure the first frame is complete, this tool writes every frame in full, which can make even a short clip larger. To shrink it, run the result through the GIF compressor.