How to Add Videos to ChatGPT

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May 5, 2026

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Use this interactive demo to learn how to upload and analyze a video in ChatGPT.

Quick summary

You can add a video to ChatGPT by using the paperclip icon in the message bar to upload a file, then prompting ChatGPT to summarize, analyze, or extract insights from your video content.

Steps

Click the paperclip icon in the ChatGPT message bar to open the attachment menu.
Choose Upload photos & files and select the video file you want ChatGPT to review.
Type your question or prompt — ask ChatGPT to summarize the video, extract insights, or generate ideas — then hit send.

📌 Why this matters

ChatGPT's video upload feature lets users attach video files directly to a conversation, enabling AI-powered video analysis without third-party tools. This capability is valuable for professionals who need to quickly summarize meeting recordings, extract key information from video content, or generate written insights from visual media. By combining file upload with natural language prompting, ChatGPT streamlines video review workflows that would otherwise require manual effort. It makes AI video comprehension accessible to anyone with a ChatGPT account, directly inside the chat interface.

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