Tech Desk 
Oct 12, 2025
Apple has discontinued support of its Clips app, alongside removing the app from the App Store, and stated that it will no longer make any updates.
In a support page on the Apple website, the company said that as of October 10, the Clips app is no longer available for new users to download, but existing users can continue to use the app on current or earlier versions of iOS and iPadOS.
Existing users can also re-download the app from their Apple account if needed.
Notably, without updates, it will probably become more difficult to use Clips over time, so Apple is encouraging users to download their Clips videos (with or without added effects) to their photo library so they can watch and edit the videos using other apps.
According to MacRumors, while Apple upgraded Clips with new features after launch, updates in recent years have been limited to bug fixes.
On Reddit, Apple fans seemed unsurprised by the news, saying they’d only tried the app years ago or never heard of it at all.
Originally launched in 2017, the Clips app was updated several times in its early years with features like Memoji and Animoji support, LiDAR Scanner support to generate immersive AR spaces, various filter and graphics options, and more, but over the past few years, it hasn't received much more than an occasional bug-fix update.
