Guide

How to make a square video on iPhone

Square videos still work everywhere — in the Instagram and Facebook feed, in ads, in chats. The Photos app can crop a video to a square, but it cuts off whatever doesn't fit. Here's how to keep the whole picture, or put several clips into one square video.

Short answer: the Photos app crops a video to a square and cuts off the edges. To keep the whole picture, tap the square frame under Single video on the Video Grid Collage start screen; to combine several clips, tap Square under Instagram or 1:1 in the Format section. Fit your clips and export 1080×1080.

You'll need: an iPhone (iOS 18+) · the free Video Grid Collage app · ~5 minutes

Step by step

Start a square project

Open Video Grid Collage (free on the App Store). For one clip, scroll to the bottom of the start screen and tap the square frame under Single video. For several, tap Square under Instagram, TikTok or Facebook, tap 1:1 in the Format section, or pick a layout in the Square section.

Add one clip or several

Pick your videos and photos. In a Single video project, several clips play one after another in the same frame, and Insert → Media adds more later. In a collage, each clip gets its own frame.

Fit or crop

In a Single video project, the whole clip fits by default — fill the space around it with Background, or pinch to zoom until it fills the square. In a grid, drag each clip to choose what stays in view.

Style it

Add a Border, round the corners, put a title on top with Text and add music with Insert → Audio.

Export

Export in 1080p (1080×1080) or 4K (2160×2160) and share it.

Tips for square videos

Two vertical phone clips side by side make a nearly square frame — in 1:1 only thin strips at their edges are trimmed.
A 2×2 grid turns any four clips into a tidy square, whatever their orientation.
Keep text inside the square with some margin, so it's not cut off in feed previews.

Video Grid Collage at a glance

Your first project is free, with unlimited exports
No watermark, no ads and no sign-up
3-day free trial on the yearly Pro plan
Up to 9 videos on screen at once, and several clips in a row in each cell — up to 100 clips in one collage
100 layouts, plus animated, puzzle and gradient templates
Blend videos and photos as full-frame layers with 8 blend modes, such as Screen, Multiply and Overlay, and opacity for each layer
Text and titles with animations, Auto Captions, music, overlays and background removal
Export up to 4K at 60 fps with HDR, in 9 aspect ratios: 9:16, 4:5, 1:1, 16:9 and more
For iPhone, and also Mac with Apple silicon and Apple Vision Pro

Try it yourself — free

Video Grid Collage · 4.9 on the App Store · 100 layouts, up to 100 clips in one collage

Frequently asked questions

Can I make a video square without cropping it?

Yes. Put it in a 1:1 frame and let it fit: the whole picture stays visible, and the space around it is filled with a color, a photo or another video.

Can the Photos app make a video square?

Yes, by cropping it to a square in the crop tool — whatever doesn't fit is cut off.

What size is a square video?

1080×1080 pixels in 1080p, or 2160×2160 in 4K.