How to Edit a Zoom Recording for Free Without Subscription

When you record a Zoom meeting with its built-in recorder, the raw footage can be super long. And it's necessary to trim and set the playback region. Luckily, Zoom allows its paid subscribers to use a native meeting editor to edit online. This tool is, how to say, pretty convenient to access. Yet literally very rarely do users adopt this free tool to edit their meeting recordings due to its limited features of it. 

Read on and you will know an alternative answer for ‘how to edit a Zoom recording’ all for free.

How to Edit a Zoom Recording Without Software

Before we enter the much more powerful alternative of Zoom's built-in editor, we need to take a look at the free editor’s tutorial. In case some users find this free method functional enough to address the problem ‘how to edit a Zoom recording?’

How to Edit a Zoom Recording with Its Default Cloud Editor

Step 1. Go to the web version of Zoom, and sign in to your account.

Step 2. Now you need to switch to the ‘Recordings’ tab to check your cloud/local recordings.

Step 3. Click the Topic of your recordings, and then you can drag the left/right arrow to trim your Zoom meeting recordings.

Step 4. Save the edits and download the videos if you care to. 

The disadvantages of this cloud editor that most users find unacceptable:

1. It cannot work offline.

2. It's not available for those who do not subscribe to Zoom’s Pro license.

3. Only have trim videos feature - beginning and the end (not the middle part of a meeting)

4. No mobile version.

How to Edit Zoom Recording on Computer for Free

You can edit your Zoom meeting recordings without a subscription. Just use iTop Screen Recorder (and Editor) together to make both editing and recording as easy as possible. 

This free video recording and editing software is built with a free advanced editor, with which you can trim, crop, change the soundtrack, reduce noises, and even blur parts of your videos. Just download your meeting videos from Zoom, and freely upload them to iTop Screen Recorder’s editor and everything will be settled without any learning curve. 

Stunning Features of iTop Screen Recorder’s Editor:

1. Trim, crop (change video aspect ratio), merge or cut the middle part of your Zoom recordings.

2. Add voiceovers to replace the soundtrack of your original video.

3. Blur part of your meeting video.

4. Highlight part of your video.

5. Change the speed of your recordings.

6. Add transitions with ease in the video editor.

Here is the tutorial for how to Edit Zoom Recordings on PC:

Step 1. Download iTop Screen Recorder (the editor comes along with it). This versatile tool is 100% green, with no viruses, and no ads.

Step 2. Enter the ‘Advanced Editor’ of this recorder. And upload your Zoom recordings to it.

Step 3. Now drag the video to the operation board, where you can do trimming, cropping, splitting, and many other stunning operations without hassle.

Step 4. Now you can download the edited files for free. 

Bonus Tip: You can use iTop Screen Recorder to create Zoom meeting recordings too, with 4K resolution, noise-reduced audio quality, and webcam alongside. Check how to record Zoom without permission to see the details.

How to Edit the Middle of a Zoom Recording

The free editor Zoom offers for us does not support any complicated operations except trimming. Obviously, this cannot satisfy readers’ various demands over Zoom Meeting Editing. For example what if they want to cut the middle part of a Zoom recording? 

Well, iTop Screen Recorder’ advanced editor is still an easy answer to address this question. Anyone can split their videos, cut unwanted parts, and merge videos if they care to.

How to Edit the Middle of a Zoom Recording

Step 1. Download your Zoom recording from the cloud and drag & drop it to place it into iTop Screen Recorder’s advanced video editor.

Step 2. Click this video track, and hit the ‘scissor’ icon above the operation board to cut the videos into two halves.

Step 3. Now you can trim each fragment to make them shorter, meanwhile, the middle part will be auto-deleted too.

Step 4. Save the videos.

How to Edit a Zoom Recording - FAQs 

1. How long does it take to trim a Zoom recording? 

It takes only seconds to trim a Zoom recording if you know where to find your cloud Zoom meetings. The most time-saving method to trim your Zoom recording is using Zoom’s built-in editor to trim videos online. The premise is you have a pro subscription to Zoom.

2. How to edit Zoom recordings online? 

Yes, Zoom’s free default video editor works online and mobile is unavailable. If you don’t mind its feeble features and only want to trim Zoom recordings, then you can try this feature that comes with your Zoom Pro subscription.

3. How to edit a Zoom recording on Mac?

To edit a Zoom recording on Mac, the quickest way is to use an online video editor and screen recorder. Here the editor recommends Vidnoz Flex as the perfect solution for anyone who wants to make some advanced changes to their Zoom recordings.

Conclusion

This article tells you how to edit a Zoom recording without spending a penny. The default editor based on Zoom and iTop Screen Recorder’s editor is both free methods to edit Zoom meetings. Yet the latter offers users more features such as splitting, annotating, adding filters, or blurring background. If you don’t have a Zoom subscription, then iTop Screen Recorder nearly is the best option for you.