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# Split & Remove Clips

> Split a recording into separate clips in Clips, choose between a fade and a direct cut, rename clips, and remove the parts you no longer need.

Section: Docs › Editing

When part of a tutorial goes out of date — a screen changed, or you forgot to show a step — you don't need to record everything again. In **Clips**, split the recording so the affected part becomes its own clip, then remove it or replace it. Your script stays intact.

[Video: Release highlights - Sep '26](https://embed.videoscripter.ai/video/01a1019b-c543-7193-95ec-78707ebf22d7)

> **Tip:** Clips is available on all paid plans.

## Splitting a clip

Move the playhead to where you want the split, then right-click the clip on the timeline and choose **Split at playhead**. You can also click **Split** in the toolbar.

![The right-click menu on a clip in Clips, with Split at playhead selected](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-split-a-clip-split-at-playhead.5acaaa5b.webp)

The recording splits at the exact playhead frame, and the narration splits at the nearest sentence boundary — never mid-word — so each new clip keeps its own part of the script.

- Cuts, blurs, and highlights stay with the footage they belong to.
- Slides are never split.
- A clip without narration can be split anywhere.
- The two new clips join with a 1-second fade.

## Clip headings in the script

Each clip has a heading in the script showing its name. Click the pencil to rename the clip, or the scissors to open it in Clips.

![Two clip headings in the script, each showing the clip name, with a pencil icon to rename and a scissors icon to open it in Clips](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-split-a-clip-section-heading.bb8b32d6.webp)

You can also rename a clip by right-clicking it on the timeline and choosing **Rename clip**. Press **Enter** to save or **Escape** to cancel.

## Choosing a transition

Click the transition on a clip heading (it shows **Fade** by default) to open **Clip transition**:

- **Fade** — a gentle visual separation for clips from different apps, windows, or recording sessions. Drag **Duration** to change its length.
- **Direct Cut** — no visible transition, for clips that show the same app at the same window size.

![The Clip transition menu on a clip heading, with Direct Cut and Fade options and a Duration slider set to 1.0 seconds](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-split-a-clip-transition.ef2f3a88.webp)

## Removing a clip

Right-click the clip on the timeline and choose **Remove clip**, or select a clip and press **Backspace** or **Delete**.

![The right-click menu on a split-off clip, with Remove clip selected](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-split-a-clip-remove-clip.d517d015.webp)

A confirmation always opens first, because the clip owns a section of your script:

- **Delete clip and content** — deletes the video, its narration and any slides in this section.
- **Delete clip, keep narration** — deletes the video only. The narration and slides stay in your script and join the previous clip (or the next one, if this is the first clip), so they play over that clip's footage. If it's the only clip, they stay without video. To reuse the wording with new footage, see [Update or Replace Footage](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/update-or-replace-footage).
- **Cancel** — nothing changes.

![The Delete clip confirmation with Delete clip and content, Delete clip keep narration, and Cancel](https://www.tutorial.ai/images/help/help-split-a-clip-delete-options.41d4e8ca.webp)

Removing a clip removes only that clip, together with its own cuts, blurs, and highlights. Other uses of the same recording stay as they are.

> **Note:** If **Split** is unavailable, the button explains why — for example *Finish the current edit first*, or *Generate current narration timing before splitting this position* after you've edited the narration. Each split and each removal is a single undo step.

## Next steps

  - [Update or Replace Footage](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/update-or-replace-footage): Replace an outdated section or add a missing step
  - [Combine Videos](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/combine-videos): Combine recordings or reuse clips from other projects
  - [Cut & Trim](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/cut-and-trim): Remove pauses and unwanted footage inside a clip
  - [Highlights](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/visual-effects/highlights): Keep attention on an area while your narration plays
  - [Script Editing](https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/voiceover/script-editing): Edit the narration each clip owns

Source: https://www.tutorial.ai/docs/editing/split-and-remove-clips