Split video on your phone
You do not need an app to split a video on your phone. SplitVideo runs in the browser you already have — Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Android — and processes the file on the device, so nothing is uploaded and no account or install is involved. The steps are the same on both platforms; what differs is where videos live, how saving works, and where the limits are. This page covers each platform separately.
On iPhone (Safari)
- Open splitvideo.in in Safari and tap to choose a video.
- Pick the recording from Photos or Files. Screen recordings and camera videos are usually MP4 or MOV, both fine.
- Choose a mode — equal parts, intervals, cut points, or a range — and press Split video.
- Save each clip with the share sheet: Save Video puts it in Photos next to the original.
Two iPhone specifics worth knowing. First, if the video shows a cloud icon in Photos, it is stored in iCloud, not on the phone — open it and let it download fully before splitting, or the picker may stall. Second, iPhone screen recordings can be HEVC; they play and split fine in Safari on the phone itself, but if a clip later refuses to play on an older Windows PC, re-export that clip with the H.264 option enabled for maximum compatibility.
On Android (Chrome)
- Open splitvideo.in in Chrome (Samsung Internet also works) and choose your video.
- Pick from Gallery, Downloads, or your file manager. Android screen recordings are typically MP4 with H.264 — the most compatible combination there is.
- Choose a mode and press Split video.
- Clips download to your Downloads folder, or use the share option to send one straight to WhatsApp, Drive, or another app. A ZIP export can be extracted with Files by Google.
One Android trap: links opened inside other apps (an in-app browser in a social or messaging app) often have restricted file access. If the picker or downloads misbehave, open the page in Chrome itself via "Open in browser". And on phones with 3–4 GB of RAM, prefer range splits for recordings over a couple of gigabytes — half at a time is far more reliable than all at once.
Big recordings on a phone — what actually helps
- Split in ranges. Halves or thirds keep memory use per run low; each range then gets its own equal-parts or interval split.
- Keep the phone awake and plugged in during long exports — a screen that sleeps mid-export can pause the browser's work.
- Free some storage first. The clips need roughly as much space as the parts of the original they cover.
- Close other tabs and apps. The browser's memory budget is shared with everything else running.
For files in the multi-gigabyte range there is a fuller write-up, including a real 15 GB recording split on this tool, in the large video files guide. If something fails outright, the troubleshooting page lists the common causes and fixes.
Using a computer instead?
For local recordings and desktop downloads, follow the guide for your device: Windows PC, Mac or MacBook, or Chromebook.
FAQ
Why does Safari reload the page when I split a very large file?
Safari gives each tab a memory budget, and a multi-gigabyte video plus its exported clips can exceed it, so iOS reloads the tab. Split the video in ranges — first half, then second half — keep the phone plugged in, and close other tabs before you start. Desktop browsers have far more memory headroom for the biggest files.
Where do the clips go after I split a video on Android?
Chrome downloads each clip to your Downloads folder, or offers the system share sheet so you can save to Gallery, Drive, or send the clip directly. If you exported the ZIP, open it in Files by Google or your file manager to extract the clips.
Can I split a video that is still in iCloud or Google Photos?
The video has to be on the device first. In Apple Photos, open the video and let it finish downloading (or choose Download and Keep Original for recordings you split often). In Google Photos, use Download so the file exists in your downloads, then pick it in SplitVideo.