Trimming trending sounds on TikTok is not the most challenging thing to do for people who are super familiar with the video-sharing app. All you have to do is open TikTok, tap the plus button you’ll find in the center of your lower screen, and click “add sound.” TikTok will automatically start playing the sound you've chosen from the beginning –– but you don’t have to keep it at that point if you don’t want to.

It’s merely a dragging process from there. All you have to do is decide which part of the sound you want to hear in the background of your video, and drag the musical waveforms to the left until you reach that point. If you realize you trimmed the sound incorrectly, all you have to do is follow the same steps and move the waveform to the right place.

It’s not always the easiest to trim sounds if they’re way too short to manipulate. For example, some trending sounds on TikTok are only five to seven seconds long. When it comes time to trim a trending sound that’s at least a minute long, you’ll have a lot more space to work with.

It’s obvious that trimming longer trending sounds is an easier task to accomplish, but if you really want to trim a shorter sound, it’s still possible to do that.