Edit, Reorder, and Delete Media Timestamps

  • Updated on May 14, 2026
  • Published on May 7, 2025
  • 4 minute(s) read
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Media timestamps help you mark key moments in a video or audio recording so users can quickly jump to specific sections during playback. You can have the system automatically apply timestamps as part of your Minutes process, or you can manually add timestamps on demand. After timestamps are created, you can update them at any time to keep your media organized and accurate. In the Events module, you can edit timestamp details, adjust timing for one or more timestamps, reorder them, or remove timestamps that are no longer needed.

This article explains how to manage existing media timestamps by editing, reordering, and deleting them.

An example item in the Timestamps sidebar.

Edit Media Timestamps

  1. Sign in to your solution if you have not already

  2. Navigate to the Events module:

    The Events module button in the dashboard's left-hand navigation menu.

  3. Select the event with the timestamps you wish to edit:

    An example event in the events list.

  4. Navigate to the View menu and click the Live Meeting and Timestamp or Timestamp option from the dropdown list:

    The View menu and Live Meeting and Timestamp dropdown option.

    Notes:

    • The default view is Event Details.

    • Municipalities and organizations with CivicPlus Media – Upload Only will have a “Timestamp” view in the dropdown list instead of “Live Meeting and Timestamp”:

      The View menu and Timestamp dropdown option.

  5. Select a timestamp you wish to edit:

    The updated example timestamp in the timestamp list.

  6. Edit the timestamp text (name/description of the timestamp), if desired:

    An example timestamp details textbox.

  7. Edit the number of seconds into the video at which your desired section begins in the Start At field, if desired:

    The Start At field.

    Note:

    You can click the Clear button to clear the Start At field if a timestamp is placed incorrectly or becomes unnecessary:

    The white, rectangular Clear button which can be clicked to delete an individual timestamp.

  8. If the timestamp has an existing sub-timestamp, edit the timestamp text (name/description of the timestamp) and Start At time for the sub-timestamp, if needed (optional):

    An existing sub-timestamp section's name and Start At field.

    Note:

    If you wish to remove a sub-timestamp that is no longer needed, you can click the Remove button:

    The white, rectangular Remove button which can be clicked to delete a sub-timestamp.

  9. Click the New Sub-Timestamp button and fill in the timestamp text and Start At fields to add a sub-timestamp to the timestamp, if desired (optional):

    The white, rectangular New Sub-Timestamp button and its related fields below the primary timestamp fields.

    Note:

    If you wish to remove a sub-timestamp that is no longer needed, you can click the Remove button:

    The white, rectangular Remove button which can be clicked to delete a sub-timestamp.

  10. Click the Save Changes button:

    The green, rectangular Save Changes button in the lower-left corner of the timestamps dialog box.

    Note:

    You can click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes and close the timestamp dialog box:

    The Cancel Changes button which can be clicked to cancel your changes and return to the timestamps list.

  11. The timestamp has been edited:

    The updated example timestamp in the timestamp list.

  12. Repeat steps 5 through 10 as many times as needed

Adjust Time for Multiple Media Timestamps

  1. Sign in to your solution if you have not already

  2. Navigate to the Events module:

    The Events module button in the dashboard's left-hand navigation menu.

  3. Select the event with the timestamps you wish to adjust:

    An example event in the events list.

  4. Navigate to the View menu and click the Live Meeting and Timestamp or Timestamp option from the dropdown list:

    The View menu and Live Meeting and Timestamp dropdown option.

    Notes:

    • The default view is Event Details.

    • Municipalities and organizations with CivicPlus Media – Upload Only will have a “Timestamp” view in the dropdown list instead of “Live Meeting and Timestamp”:

      The View menu and Timestamp dropdown option.

  5. Click the Select button:

    A white, rectangular Select button to the right of the View menu.

  6. Check the checkboxes next to the timestamps you wish to bulk adjust the timing of:

    Note:

    You can also click the Select All button to select all timestamp checkboxes at once, if desired:

    The white, rectangular Select All button that appears below the Back to Event Timestamps button.

  7. Click the Time button:

    A white, rectangular Time button to the right of the Back to Event Timestamps button.

  8. Enter the number of seconds you wish for the selected timestamps to be adjusted by into the Seconds to Move field:

    The Seconds to Move field on the Adjust Time modal.

    Notes:

    • Both negative and positive numbers can be entered into the Seconds to Move field. Positive numbers adjust the timestamp forward. Negative numbers adjust the timestamp backward:

      The Adjust Time modal's Seconds to Move field with a negative number entered.

    • Clicking the red X icon to the right of a timestamp's name will remove it from the Timestamp to Adjust Time list:

      A red X icon to the right of an example timestamp's name on the Adjust Time modal.

  9. Click the Save Changes button:

    The green, rectangular Save Changes button in the lower-right corner of the Adjust Time modal.

  10. Click the Back to Event Timestamps button to view the updated Event Timestamps list:

    A white, rectangular Back to Event Timestamps button below the meeting name.

  11. Time has been adjusted for the selected timestamps

Reorder Media Timestamps

  1. Sign in to your solution if you have not already

  2. Navigate to the Events module:

    The Events module button in the dashboard's left-hand navigation menu.

  3. Select the event with the timestamp you wish to reorder:

    An example event in the events list.

  4. Navigate to the View menu and click the Live Meeting and Timestamp or Timestamp option from the dropdown list:

    The View menu and Live Meeting and Timestamp dropdown option.

    Notes:

    • The default view is Event Details.

    • Municipalities and organizations with CivicPlus Media – Upload Only will have a “Timestamp” view in the dropdown list instead of “Live Meeting and Timestamp”:

      The View menu and Timestamp dropdown option.

  5. Click the Reorder button:

    The white, rectangular Reorder button to the right of the View menu.

  6. Hover your mouse over the timestamp you wish to reorder so that the grid icon appears next to it:

    The grid icon to the left of an example timestamp name.

  7. Click and hold the grid icon next to the timestamps you wish to move, then drag and drop them into the desired order:

    An example timestamp being dragged and dropped from one place in the Timestamps Reorder list to another.

  8. Click the Save Changes button to save your changes and continue updating your timestamps:

    The green, rectangular Save Changes button to the right of the Back to Live Meeting and Timestamp button.

    Note:

    You can also click the Save and Exit button to save your changes and automatically return to the Live Meeting and Timestamp page:

    The blue, rectangular Save and Exit button to the right of the Back to Live Meeting and Timestamp button.

  9. Click the Back to Live Meeting and Timestamp button or Back to Timestamp button when you are finished making changes:

    A gray, rectangular Back to Live Meeting and Timestamp button below the meeting name.

    Note:

    Municipalities and organizations with CivicPlus Media – Upload Only will have a “Back to Timestamp” button instead of a “Back to Live Meeting and Timestamp” button:

    A gray, rectangular Back to Timestamp button below the meeting name.

  10. The timestamps have been reordered

Delete Media Timestamps

  1. Sign in to your solution if you have not already

  2. Navigate to the Events module:

    The Events module button in the dashboard's left-hand navigation menu.

  3. Select the event with the timestamps you wish to delete:

    An example event in the events list.

  4. Navigate to the View menu and click the Live Meeting and Timestamp or Timestamp option from the dropdown list:

    The View menu and Live Meeting and Timestamp dropdown option.

    Notes:

    • The default view is Event Details.

    • Municipalities and organizations with CivicPlus Media – Upload Only will have a “Timestamp” view in the dropdown list instead of “Live Meeting and Timestamp”:

      The View menu and Timestamp dropdown option.

  5. Click the Select button:

    A white, rectangular Select button to the right of the View menu.

  6. Check the checkboxes next to the timestamps you wish to delete:

    An example timestamp checkbox that has been checked.

    Note:

    You can also click the Select All button to select all timestamp checkboxes at once, if desired:

    The white, rectangular Select All button that appears below the Back to Event Timestamps button.

  7. Click the Delete button:

    A white, rectangular Delete button to the right of the Back to Event Timestamps and Time buttons.

  8. Click the Delete Timestamps button:

    A red, rectangular Delete Timestamps button in the lower-left corner of the Delete Selected dialog box.

    Note:

    Clicking the red X icon to the right of a timestamp's name will remove it from the Timestamps to Delete list:

    A red X icon to the right of an example timestamp's name.

  9. Click the Back to Event Timestamps button to view the updated Event Timestamps list:

    A white, rectangular Back to Event Timestamps button below the meeting name.

  10. Deleted timestamps will no longer appear in the Event Timestamps list

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