GIF Loop Editor

Loop a GIF forever, once, or an exact number of times, without re-encoding a single frame.

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Animated GIF preview with the chosen loop setting
GIF with the new loop setting
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Change How Many Times a GIF Loops

This free GIF loop editor changes the loop count of an animated GIF: make it loop forever, play once and stop, or repeat an exact number of times. Open the GIF and the panel tells you what the file does right now - most GIFs loop forever, some play once, and a few carry a count. Pick Forever, Once, or Times with the slider, watch the preview play the real result, and download. A GIF that has stopped can be replayed with a tap on the picture or the R key.

Forever, Once, or an Exact Count

Looping forever is what reaction GIFs and memes want. Playing once suits a GIF that ends on a punchline, a tutorial step, or a message that should not keep flashing in a chat. A count between the two is for banners and slides that should catch the eye a few times and then rest. One thing worth knowing: the number stored inside a GIF is the number of repeats, so a file marked "1" plays twice in every browser. This tool works in plays, not repeats - choose 3 times and the GIF plays exactly three times - and "once" removes the loop block altogether, which is the only setting browsers reliably play a single time.

Nothing Is Re-Encoded

The loop count lives in a 19-byte block near the start of a GIF, before the first frame. Changing it here rewrites that block, adds it when the file has none, or removes it for a single play - and touches nothing else. Every frame, palette and delay in your download is byte-identical to the original, the file size moves by at most those 19 bytes, and the change is instant whatever the size of the GIF. Tools that decode and rebuild the whole animation to change a loop count re-quantize every frame for no reason.

Private by Design

Your GIF never leaves your device. The loop block is read and rewritten inside your browser; nothing is uploaded, there is no signup and no watermark, and once the page is open the tool even works offline.

Frequently Asked Questions About GIF Loops

How do I make a GIF loop forever?

Open the GIF, choose Forever, and download. If the file already loops forever the panel says so and the download is the unchanged original.

How do I stop a GIF from looping?

Choose Once. That removes the loop block from the file, which every browser plays as a single run that stops on the last frame. Some chat apps and social sites force GIFs to loop regardless of what the file says - that is their player, not the file.

Why does a GIF with a loop count of 1 play twice?

Because the count inside the file means repeats, not plays: 1 repeat is 2 plays. This tool shows and sets the number of plays, so what you choose is what you see.

Does changing the loop count reduce quality?

No. Only the loop block is rewritten; the frames are never decoded or re-encoded, so the download is pixel-for-pixel the file you uploaded.

Is my GIF uploaded to a server?

No. Everything happens in your browser - nothing is transmitted anywhere, and the tool keeps working offline once the page is open.