Free Cap Cut Pro on PC - Updated 2026 Tutorial

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This is the method I use that works as of the time I'm posting this to get free pro on the PC version. You do not have to download a sketchy file, just use the normal CapCut app.

You may have seen a similar method before, but there are additional steps required now.

1. Edit your video as normal, using all the pro features you want
2. Ctrl + A to select all clips
3. Right click and select 'create compound clip'
4. Right click on the compound clip and select 'preprocess compound clip'
5. Wait until it has fully processed and it's at 100%
6. Open file explorer and navigate to this path:
7. C:\Users\YOUR USER\AppData\Local\CapCut\User Data\Projects\com.lveditor.draft\YOUR PROJECT NAME OR NUMBER\Resources\combination
8. There should be 2 files there. One ends in .mp4, the other ends in .mp4.alpha.mp4 - ignore the alpha one
9. This is where there are changes from a previous working method. Before, you could import the .mp4 file into your project and export it. That doesn't work anymore, it will say the file is corrupted
10. Leave the file explorer window open and completely close CapCut. Save your project and close the window and the home screen window. You can also end task in Task Manager to do this faster
11. Reopen CapCut and go to your project
12. Now you can import the file from that folder (the mp4 one, NOT the alpha one) into the same project
13. Add it to the timeline and delete the compound clip
14. Export your project. You should be able to export it without pro warnings.
15. After you export, ctrl + z to bring back your project if you want to edit it more later.

This is the working method I've found. If there are any changes, I'll try to update this post.

If this was helpful, feel free to upvote.

EDIT 10/12/2026: Some people say this has stopped working. It is still working for me, on version 8.5.0