Reverse Video: Play Any Clip Backwards in Your BrowserNew
Reverse a video online without uploading it. Play a clip backwards or as a boomerang, at 0.5× to 2× speed, and download the MP4. Free, no watermark.
- Free browser tool
- No upload
Reverse a video in your browser
Your video never leaves your device. Nothing is uploaded.About reverse video on Cicadas
Play a video backwards: choose an MP4, MOV or WebM your browser can play, set the part to reverse (up to 60 seconds), choose backwards or boomerang, a frame rate, a size and a speed, and download the MP4. The video is decoded and encoded on your device; nothing is uploaded. The tool is free, adds no watermark, needs no account and uses no credits. The reversed video has no sound.
Why use Cicadas for reverse video
Backwards or boomerang
Play the clip in reverse, or forwards and then backwards for a loop that comes back to its start. Pick 24 or 30 fps and 0.5×, 1× or 2× speed.
Reverse just the part you need
Set a start and end time (up to 60 seconds and 1,800 frames), then choose 480p, 720p or 1080p, never larger than your video.
Reverse a video with no upload
No account, upload or credits: your browser decodes each frame and encodes the MP4 on your device. The result lives only on this page, so download it before you leave or refresh.
How to use reverse video
- 01
Choose an MP4, MOV or WebM file that your browser can play.
- 02
Set the start and end, choose backwards or boomerang, the frame rate, size and speed, then click Reverse video.
- 03
Play the result and download the MP4.
What you can make
Choose a video, then finish it in the tool above.
“Reverse a pour or a splash so the liquid flies back into the glass.”
“Make a boomerang loop of a jump or a spin for a story.”
“Play an AI clip backwards to find a new opening shot.”
Reverse video FAQ
Tested on Cicadas · reviewed 2026-10-01
Tested on 2026-10-01 in Chrome: 5 seconds of a 1080p clip reversed at 720p and 30 fps took about 15 seconds and gave 150 frames; the first frame matched the last moment of the source (33.7 dB PSNR, against 13.5 dB for the first moment) and the last frame matched the first. A boomerang of 3 seconds of a vertical clip (6 seconds out) at 480p and 24 fps, made on a phone-sized screen, ran forwards, turned at the right frame and came back. At 2× speed, 8 seconds became a 4-second MP4 at 60 fps. Output has no sound; decoding depends on your browser's codec support.
Updated Oct 1, 2026 · How we test
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