What should a farewell video include?
Photos from their time with you, a few short messages from colleagues or friends, one or two shared jokes and a closing good-luck line. A song underneath ties it together.
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A farewell video for someone who is moving on
Gather the photos, a handful of goodbye messages and the in-jokes, then turn them into a short film they can take with them.
Free, no account needed
A farewell video is a short goodbye film, usually two to four minutes, that strings together photos and messages from the people someone is leaving behind. Choose a farewell template, add the pictures and clips you have gathered, write a send-off line and export an MP4 to play at the leaving drinks or send on their last day.
It works for a colleague changing jobs, a friend emigrating, a neighbour moving away or a class saying goodbye to a classmate. Everything is put together in your browser, so the office photos and personal clips never leave your computer, and the finished file carries no watermark.
Saying goodbye after a whole career rather than a job? The retirement video page is written for that, and the group thank you video guide covers collecting clips from a team without the person finding out.
How to make a farewell video
Choose a goodbye template
Open Templates and look through the colleagues and teams designs. Keep Format on Landscape 16:9 for a screen at the leaving do, or pick Vertical 9:16 if it will be watched on phones.
Add the photos and messages
Press Add photos or clips and bring in team photos, snaps from trips and the short goodbye clips people sent you. Pick them in an order that starts light and ends warm; a scene can still be dragged along the strip of scenes later.
Write the send-off
In Text, put a headline such as “Good luck in Glasgow” and sign it from the team, the floor or the whole office.
Add a song and export
Choose a track with Add music, watch it through with Play, then press Export video and Download video.
Farewell video templates
Open one to start; every word, photo and the shape can be changed. All colleagues and teams templates
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Off you go
A sunny, silly leaving video with a paper plane, postage-stamp photos and a big “good luck”
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Golden hour retirement
A slow sunset gradient, a rising sun and flowing script for a warm happy-retirement film
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Luggage-tag farewell
Kraft card, parcel twine and a handwritten luggage tag to wish someone well on their next adventure
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Team spotlight
A polished navy widescreen film with a split-screen photo spotlight for employee appreciation
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Quietly brilliant
Charcoal and champagne with an italic serif, for a measured, sincere thank-you to a manager
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Gold milestone
Gold foil on cream with an award rosette and glitter for a work anniversary or long-service thank-you
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Appreciated, loudly
Black, lime and hot pink with huge kinetic type for Employee Appreciation Day on social
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You made it happen
Midnight indigo, fireworks and a confetti cannon to thank a team after a launch or a big win
A leaving video instead of a leaving card
In British offices the usual send-off is a leaving card passed round the desks, with a collection for a present. A leaving video does the same job with more life in it: faces and voices instead of rushed signatures, and something the person can watch again on a bad day in the new job.
- Keep the card if you like. Many teams do both: the card on the day, the video sent that evening.
- Ask people for one sentence each, either filmed on their phone or typed, so you can put it on screen as text.
- Include remote colleagues. A clip from someone in another office often means more than one from the next desk.
- Mind the in-jokes. One or two are lovely; ten make the video a mystery to their family.
Farewell video ideas
Then and now
Open with their first-day photo or their old lanyard picture and close with a recent one. It gives a short film a sense of time without any narration.
Things we will miss
One line each from the team, put up as text: the biscuit tin, the spreadsheet wizardry, the Monday-morning weather report. Specific details make it theirs.
Where they are going
End on the new city, the new job or the new chapter, with a good-luck line rather than a sad one. A farewell lands better when it looks forward.
How long, and when to show it
Two to three minutes is right for most goodbyes; past five, people start checking their phones. Play it near the end of the leaving drinks, after the speeches, then send the MP4 so they keep a copy. If they are leaving abruptly, a 30-second version sent on their last morning is still worth making.
Farewell video questions
Are there free farewell video templates?
Yes. The colleagues and teams designs under Templates are free to use, with no account and no watermark. Every word and photo can be changed.
How do I collect goodbye messages without spoiling the surprise?
Set up a private group chat or a shared folder that leaves them out, give everyone a deadline a few days before the last day, and ask for clips under twenty seconds. Then add them all here.
Is a leaving video a replacement for a leaving card?
It can be, especially for a team spread across sites. Plenty of offices do both: the card and present on the day, the video sent the same evening.
Can I make a goodbye video for a friend moving abroad?
Yes. Pick a warm template, use photos from your years together and finish with their new city in the headline. A Vertical 9:16 version is easy to watch on a phone after the flight.
Will the photos be uploaded anywhere?
No. The video is made inside your browser and nothing you add is sent to us, so work photos and personal clips stay on your device.