Terms of service

Last updated November 13, 2026

These terms are an agreement between you and Cut The Um ("we", "us") for your use of Cut The Um. By creating an account or using the service you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.

The service

Cut The Um edits talking videos. It transcribes what is said, removes silences, filler words and repeated takes, and can add captions, layers, music, chapters, titles, descriptions and shorts. It produces finished files and timelines for other editors. Features may change as we improve the service.

Your account

• You must give accurate details and keep your password secret. You are responsible for what happens under your account.
• You must be old enough to enter into a contract where you live, and at least 13.
• One person or business per account. Do not share an account to get around plan limits.

Plans and what they include

Each plan includes a monthly allowance of footage and of AI writes. The current plans are shown on our pricing page.

• Footage is counted by the full length of the video you upload, when you upload it. Cutting a video down, or deleting it, does not return the time.
• AI writes are counted each time chapters, titles, descriptions or shorts are written for you, and for each batch of captions translated.
• Allowances renew each month from the day your subscription or account began. Unused allowance does not carry over.
• On the Free plan, exported videos carry a watermark.

Payment, renewal and cancelling

• Paid plans are billed in advance, monthly or yearly, and renew automatically until you cancel.
• You can cancel at any time from your billing page. You keep your plan until the end of the period you have paid for, and are not charged again.
• If you move to a more expensive plan, the difference for the rest of the period is charged straight away.
• Payments are not refunded for unused time or allowance, except where the law requires it.
• If a payment fails, your account moves to the Free plan until it is resolved.
• We may change prices. We will tell you in advance, and a change applies from your next renewal.
• Prices do not include taxes unless stated. Any taxes that apply are added at checkout.

Your content

You keep all rights to the videos you upload and to everything Cut The Um makes from them. You give us permission to store, process, transcribe, edit and copy that content only as needed to provide the service to you, including passing it to the providers named in our privacy policy.

You confirm that you have the right to upload and use the content, including the consent of anyone who appears or speaks in it where that is required, and that it does not break the law or anyone else's rights.

What you must not do

• Upload content that is illegal, that infringes someone else's rights, or that you have no right to use.
• Use the service to harass, deceive or impersonate anyone.
• Attempt to access other people's accounts or data, or to disrupt, overload or reverse engineer the service.
• Resell the service, or use automated means to create accounts or get around plan limits.

We may remove content or suspend an account that breaks these rules.

Automated editing and AI writing

Cuts, transcripts, captions, translations, chapters, titles, descriptions and shorts are produced automatically and can be wrong. Nothing is removed from your original video, and every cut can be undone. Review the result before you publish it. You are responsible for what you publish.

Music library

The built-in music has been released by its creators into the public domain. You may use it in your videos, including commercially, without attribution. We provide it as it is, without any promise about how third-party platforms will treat it.

Posting to other platforms

If you connect YouTube, Instagram or TikTok, you authorise us to post the videos you choose to that account. Your use of those platforms is governed by their own terms, including the YouTube Terms of Service. We are not responsible for how those platforms handle, restrict or remove what you post, or for changes they make to their services.

Availability

We work to keep the service running, but we do not promise that it will be uninterrupted or free of errors. Keep your own copy of anything important: Cut The Um is an editor, not a backup service.

Ending your use

You can stop using the service and ask us to delete your account at any time. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, or if we are required to by law. When an account is closed, its projects and files are deleted.

Our rights

The service itself, including its software, design and name, belongs to us. These terms do not give you any rights to it beyond using the service as intended.

Disclaimers and limits on liability

The service is provided "as is". To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties about it, including that it is fit for a particular purpose or that its results are accurate.

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for lost profits, revenue, data or content. Our total liability to you for any claim relating to the service is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim arose. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If a change matters, we will update the date above and tell you by email or in the app before it takes effect. Continuing to use the service after that means you accept the new terms.

Contact

Cut The Um
[email protected]