Reverse a GIF or video online
Play a GIF or video backward, right in your browser, nothing uploaded.
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Reverse options
Drop a video or GIF here
GIF, MP4, MOV, WebM · up to 2 GB and 300 seconds
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GIF, MP4, MOV, WebM
How to use
- Drop or choose a GIF, MP4, MOV, or WebM file.
- If the file has an audio track, choose whether to keep it (reversed along with the picture, the default) or remove it.
- Click Reverse and download the result.
That’s the whole tool: no range, no speed, no second control to set. Reversing a clip needs nothing else.
Worked example
Input: a 4-second, 24-frame animated GIF of someone jumping. Expected output: a 4-second GIF playing the same 24 frames tail-to-head, each frame’s own delay preserved rather than redistributed, so the total duration is unchanged and the motion reads as “land, then jump” instead of “jump, then land.”
Input: a 6-second MP4 clip with a voice track. Expected output: the video plays frame-for-frame in reverse, and the audio reverses along with it. The audio is kept by default, the same as the picture. Audio is dropped only if you ask for it, if reversing the audio itself fails or runs over its own time budget, or if this browser can’t handle the file’s particular audio format; whichever it is, the page says so in one sentence before you download, the same disclosure the speed-change tool already uses for its own audio.
Limits and formats
| Accepted input | GIF, MP4, MOV, WebM |
| Output | Same format as the input |
| Controls | None besides an optional “remove the audio track” checkbox, shown only when the file has an audio track |
| Maximum clip length | This tool has a length cap so a job stays quick to produce. The current limit is shown on the page before you start, not buried in a refusal after the fact. On a phone or tablet, a GIF is usually bounded first by what the device’s memory can hold once it’s decoded (its frame count times its pixel size) rather than by this cap; the tool names that measure directly if it has to refuse a GIF for that reason |
| Maximum file size | This tool has a size cap, above which a file is refused with a plain reason instead of a crash. The current limit is shown on the page before you start. A video doesn’t need to hold the whole clip in memory to play it backwards: it’s walked in chunks from the end, so memory doesn’t grow with how long the clip is. A GIF does need every frame at once to play back correctly, so it’s admitted or refused the same way a GIF is everywhere else on this site: by what the device’s memory can hold once it’s decoded, frame count times pixel size |
| Limits on this page | Files up to 2 GB; clips up to 5 minutes. A GIF must also fit in this browser's memory once decoded. |
| Audio | Reversed and kept by default; dropped, with the reason stated, only if you remove it, if reversing it fails or runs over its own time budget, or if this browser can’t handle its format |
Privacy
This tool runs entirely in your browser. When you pick a file, it is decoded and reversed on your own device using your browser’s built-in video and image support. It is never uploaded to a server, and Inkclip never sees it. The only network activity while you work is the page itself, plus an ad request and visit statistics (the page you open and which tool you use, never your file), all described in the privacy policy.
Frequently asked questions
Does reversing a GIF or video keep the audio?
Yes, by default. If the file has a voice or music track, it plays backwards along with the picture unless you turn it off first. The only other reasons audio doesn’t come through are the reversal itself failing or taking too long, or this browser not supporting the file’s audio format, and either way, the page says which before you download.
Will this work on a GIF I just made with the GIF maker?
Yes. The classic use for this tool is exactly that: build a GIF, then reverse it for a back-and-forth, boomerang-style loop. Make a GIF from images first if you’re starting from photos, or come here straight from any GIF you already have.
Does reversing lose quality?
No re-encoding happens beyond what reversing itself requires. Frame order and frame timing change, not resolution, color, or compression settings. A GIF’s own frame delays are preserved exactly, not recalculated.
Can I reverse just part of a clip?
Yes, in two steps: trim it to the part you want first, then reverse the trimmed result. Reversing itself has no range control of its own, so trimming first is how you reverse only a section.