How to clip Counter-Strike 2 on PC
Updated 5 November 2026
In Counter-Strike 2 the clip worth keeping is usually one round: an ace, a 1v4 retake, an AWP flick through a door gap. Clippy holds the last stretch of the match in memory while you play, so pressing one key after the round saves it as an MP4 on your disk.
Clip Counter-Strike 2 in four steps
- Download Clippy and open it once. It sits in the tray from then on.
- Start Counter-Strike 2. Clippy sees the game start and begins keeping the last minute in memory, with nothing to set up.
- When something happens worth keeping, press F8. That minute is saved as an MP4 named after the game and the time.
- Open the clip in Clippy to trim it, then press Share for a link, or export it vertical for TikTok, Shorts and Reels.
Counter-Strike 2 moments worth clipping
- An ace, five kills in a single round.
- A 1v3 or 1v4 clutch that ends on a defuse with the bomb ticking.
- An AWP flick or no-scope through a narrow gap.
- A smoke or molotov lineup that wins a round on its own.
- A knife or Zeus kill on a player who never saw you coming.
- A pistol round won with a spray transfer across two players.
Good Clippy settings for Counter-Strike 2
A CS2 round from first contact to defuse fits in a minute, so the main key catches the full story of a clutch.
CS2 is usually played at very high frame rates, and recording at 144 keeps spray control and flicks readable when you slow them down.
An AWP flick or a single tap is over in a moment, and a 15 second clip is ready to send without trimming.
How Clippy records Counter-Strike 2
Counter-Strike 2 is on Steam, and Clippy knows tens of thousands of Steam games by name, so recording starts as soon as CS2 opens.
Clippy records the CS2 window through Windows Graphics Capture and injects nothing into the game. If you play in exclusive fullscreen and alt-tab out between halves, the replay buffer is still there when you come back.
Sharing is up to you: clips stay on your disk until you press Share, and a link plays for anyone without an account. Too big for Discord? See sending clips under the size limit.
Questions
Does recording CS2 cost me frames?
Clippy encodes on your graphics card (NVENC, AMF or Quick Sync) in a process separate from the game. Settings shows the frame rate CS2 is really delivering while it records, so you can check for yourself.
Can I send a CS2 clip to my team on Discord?
Yes. Use "Fit under N MB" in the export, set it to Discord's free upload limit (10 MB at the time of writing) and Clippy lowers the bitrate to fit. Or press Share for a link anyone can watch.
Can I save a clip with a mouse side button in CS2?
Yes. Any save key in Clippy can be a keyboard key, a mouse side button or a controller button.
Clip other games
Clippy is free for Windows 10 and 11
Press one key and the last minute of your game is saved, ready to trim and share with a link.
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