shrinkclip

runs 100% in your browser

Compress an iPhone video

Free, in your browser, nothing uploaded. Drop the file, press the button.

iPhones record at high bitrates — often 4K and 60 fps — so a short clip can be hundreds of megabytes. ShrinkClip re-encodes it to a compact MP4 that texts, emails and uploads without a fight, and it all happens on your device.

uses your device's built-in video encoder · nothing to install · no file ever leaves your browser

No upload queue

Compression runs on your own CPU. A 500 MB recording never crawls up your connection to someone's server — there's nothing to upload, wait on, or trust.

No command line to learn

The same H.264 encoding professionals tune by hand — with the bitrate math and resolution worked out for you. Pick a size, press the button.

Private by default

Your video is processed in browser memory and discarded when you close the tab. We never see a frame of it — only anonymous size and preset stats.

Questions people actually ask

Do I need to convert HEVC first?

Not if your iPhone records in Settings → Camera → Formats → Most Compatible — that's already H.264 and drops straight in. The default High Efficiency setting saves HEVC, which usually decodes fine too, but on some device/browser combinations it can't — you'll see a codec error, or occasionally just the audio fails and gets dropped automatically. If a clip won't decode, switch to Most Compatible (or re-export it as H.264 MP4) and try again.

Will it downscale my 4K video?

Only when the target size makes 4K pointless — a small file can't feed that many pixels, so stepping down to 1080p or 720p actually looks sharper at the chosen size.