Apple short video creation tool Clips It completely ended its support for. APPLICATION, October 10, 2025 as of Removed from App Store and can no longer be downloaded by new users. Apple said existing users can continue to use the app, but Import your videos to the Photos app stated that it was important. This statement appeared on the company’s support page.
Introduced in 2017, Clips allowed iPhone and iPad owners to edit short videos and share them on social media. The application stood out with features such as text layers, filters, adding music and creating subtitles. In time AR effects And create text with voice Innovations such as were added. However, in the last two years Clips has received almost no updates. This increased the uncertainty regarding the future of the application. Apple announced that there will no longer be development for new versions.
Users have to follow certain steps to avoid losing the videos they create. Apple on support page videos with effects With the steps “Share → Options → Video → Save Video” Photos He explained that it can be transferred to the application. Videos without effects can be saved with the “Save Clip” option. The company emphasized that there is a possibility that Clips may not work with future iOS updates. Therefore, users are advised to backup their content.
Apple Clips users are turning to alternative applications
After the removal of Clips, many users iMovie, InShot, VN Video Editor And GoPro Quik began to turn to alternatives such as In particular, iMovie is one of the most preferred applications among the editing tools in the Apple ecosystem. However, iMovie has not received major feature updates lately. In contrast, third-party video editors offer users wider options. This transition enabled Clips users to turn to new preferences in content production processes.
Some users have been experiencing late use of Clips. technical glitches stated that it happened. Especially in iOS 18, problems were observed in adding photos and previewing functions. There have been reports of effects not working correctly in some projects. These issues coincided with a period of reduced maintenance of the app. Feedback on Apple community pages revealed that Clips’ performance has degraded over time. For this reason, users tended to move their videos to other platforms.
Apple is reshaping its focus on video editing with the removal of Clips. Closing the application is considered one of the steps taken by the company to simplify its media tools. Existing users will be able to use the application for a while, but in the future Compatibility may be lost with new iOS versions. Apple has made it clear that Clips will no longer be updated. Thus, the Clips era, which started eight years ago, officially ended.