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Apple has quietly confirmed on its official support page that it has formally discontinued updates and removed its short-form video editing app, Clips, from the App Store. Launched in 2017 as a lightweight tool for social video creation — once regarded as Apple’s answer to the emerging short-video trend — the app has now faded into history, undone by low usage and overlapping functionality with other Apple software.
According to Apple’s announcement, Clips is no longer available for download on the App Store, and new users can no longer install it. However, those who have previously downloaded the app may still retrieve it through their purchase history. Apple has not specified how long Clips will remain available for redownload, leaving uncertainty about its future accessibility on iPhone and iPad devices.
Apple has advised existing users to save their videos created with Clips to the Photos library or back them up elsewhere, warning that once the app is fully retired or updates cease, any unsaved projects could be permanently lost.
First introduced in 2017, Clips was conceived to let users quickly record, edit, and stylize videos on their iPhones or iPads by adding text captions, filters, and background music — enabling easy sharing on social platforms. At the height of the short-video boom, Apple positioned Clips as a simple, accessible tool to showcase the creative potential of its devices.
Yet, as Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts rose to dominance — each offering their own advanced editing and effects suites — Clips began to lose relevance. Even with later updates adding AR effects, Memoji, and spatial audio support, the app failed to reignite user interest or gain traction in the mainstream market.
For most iPhone users, the built-in Photos app already offers sufficient tools for short video editing, while countless professional and social-oriented alternatives on the App Store further diminished Clips’ appeal.
Industry observers suggest that Apple’s decision reflects not only a streamlining of its product lineup but also a strategic shift — signaling that the company may concentrate future video-creation efforts within its professional ecosystem, particularly Final Cut Pro and its related tools.
The end of Clips perhaps marks Apple’s quiet withdrawal from the “tool layer” of short-form video creation. Though it once brought fresh creativity to mobile storytelling, the app ultimately joins the long list of Apple’s experimental products overtaken by time and the evolution of the market.
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