Remove Audio from Video

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MP4, MOV, WebM, or MKV

Tip: paste a video file from clipboard (Ctrl/⌘+V).

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Make a video silent. The audio track is dropped and the video stream is copied into a new file of the same format without being decoded or re-encoded, so the picture is identical to the source and the export takes about as long as reading the file.

Why copy instead of re-encode

Re-encoding decodes every frame and compresses it again, which is slow and loses a little quality each time. Removing audio does not need to touch the picture at all, so it is copied packet for packet.

Before you remove it

The soundtrack is gone from the exported file. If you may need it later, save it separately with extract audio from video first. To replace the sound rather than remove it, the soundtrack tools can process it instead: video volume booster, remove background noise from video, and change pitch of video.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does removing the audio lower the video quality?

No. The video stream is copied packet for packet into the same container, so every frame is exactly as it was. The file only loses its audio track.

How much smaller does the file get?

By about the size of the audio track, shown under Plan before you export. For a typical phone video the soundtrack is a small share of the file, so the saving is modest; to shrink the file substantially, use the video compressor, which can also remove the audio.

Can I keep the audio as a separate file?

Yes. Extract it first with the extract audio from video tool, which saves the soundtrack as MP3, WAV, or M4A.

Why is my video re-encoded instead of copied?

The output keeps the source's container, and a container can only hold some codecs as is. For MP4, MOV, WebM, and MKV sources that almost never happens; when it does, the plan says so before export.

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Extract Audio from Video

Pull the audio track out of an MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, or MPEG-TS file. Copy it into a new container without re-encoding, or decode it to WAV, MP3, M4A, Ogg Opus, or FLAC.

Video Compressor

Reduce a video's file size by choosing a quality level or a target size in MB. Set the codec (H.264, VP9, or AV1), scale the frame down, and re-encode or remove the audio.

Remove Background Noise from Video

Reduce steady background noise in a video's soundtrack: hiss, fan and air-conditioning noise, room tone, and optional electrical hum at 50 or 60 Hz. The picture is copied untouched. Exports MP4, WebM, MOV, or MKV.

CRT Video Effect

Make a video look like it is playing on a CRT television: barrel curvature, scanlines, a phosphor mask, color bleed, and glow, with fresh static on every frame. The soundtrack is copied into the MP4 or WebM export.

Change Pitch of Video

Raise or lower the pitch of a video's soundtrack by up to 12 semitones without changing its speed or length, and keep the picture untouched. Presets for deeper and higher voices and whole octaves. Exports MP4, WebM, MOV, or MKV.

Emboss Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a lit relief, as if pressed into metal or paper. Set depth, light angle, blend, and whether color is kept; depth scales with the output size. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Reverse Video

Play a video backwards and export it as MP4 or WebM, with the soundtrack reversed to match or removed. Long files work, because the clip is reversed one window of frames at a time.

Video Volume Booster

Make a video louder by up to 24 dB with a limiter that holds peaks below a ceiling, so the boost does not clip or distort. The picture is copied untouched. Exports MP4, WebM, MOV, or MKV.

Video Channel Mixer

Rebuild the red, green, and blue channels of a video from weighted mixes of the source channels, or mix them into a custom black and white. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Colored Pencil Video Effect

Turn a video into a moving colored pencil drawing: dark strokes along edges, light paper where the frame is flat, and angled pencil texture. Set detail, color retention, paper texture, and stroke angle. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Dehaze Video

Remove atmospheric haze from a video with a dark-channel estimate, then set haze depth, contrast, and warmth. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Halftone Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a halftone dot screen. Set dot and paper colors, grid spacing, dot scale, and a 45° screen, or sample the dots from the source colors. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.