Remove a Middle Section: Cut, Drop, Join
Deleting a middle span is two cuts and one merge. Once you see that order, a deletion at any position is the same recipe.
Why there is no direct "delete middle"
Video is a sequential stream; removing a span shifts every later frame's timestamps and requires re-encoding downstream. General tools have no "span delete" button, but "export two keeps + merge" is exactly equivalent.
The flow: cut at the span's start keeping the head; cut at its end keeping the tail; join the two.
Two ways to split
Fixed duration: one segment every N minutes — for splitting long uploads. Fixed count: N equal parts. Both chop evenly; neither aims at a specific content point.
To land cuts on content — the two ends of the section to remove — use the trim tool with explicit start and end times. Watch once, note both timestamps, then export; faster than trial cuts.
Making the seam invisible
Cut at action starts — before a sentence begins, as a gesture settles — and the seam is unnoticeable. Mid-motion cuts visibly jump.
Ears are sharper than eyes on audio seams. If the join sounds abrupt, leave half a second of slack on each side and soften it with a short crossfade after merging.