Remove Audio from Video
Delete the sound, keep every pixel — the video stream is never re-encoded.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your videos never leave this device.
This tool removes the audio track from a video entirely — not just silenced, deleted — right on your own device. The video stream is copied byte-for-byte, so the muted video keeps exactly the same quality, resolution and frame rate as the original, is usually done in seconds even for big files, and comes out smaller by whatever the audio weighed. Most online muters upload your footage to a server and re-encode all of it just to drop one track; this one never uploads anything and only re-encodes if a rare container forces it — and it tells you when that happens. No watermark, no account, no artificial file-size cap. And if the silent clip also needs to fit a size limit, you can compress it to an exact MB target in the same flow.
How do I remove audio from a video without losing quality?
Use a tool that deletes the audio track without re-encoding the video. A video file is a container holding separate video and audio streams, so removing the sound only requires unpacking the container and repacking it without the audio — the video stream itself is copied byte-for-byte. That is what this tool does (FFmpeg’s stream-copy technique): the muted file has exactly the same picture quality, resolution and frame rate as the original, and even long videos finish quickly because nothing is re-rendered. Tools that re-encode — most online editors do — always cost some quality and take far longer. One honest caveat: a few rare files can’t be repackaged in the browser; this tool then falls back to a visually lossless re-encode and clearly labels the result.
The facts that matter
| What is removed | Every audio track is deleted from the file — not silenced; the output has no audio stream at all |
|---|---|
| Quality | Zero loss — the video stream is copied byte-for-byte, never re-encoded |
| Speed | Usually seconds — the file is read and repackaged, never re-rendered |
| File size | Smaller by the audio’s share — typically 2–10% for camera footage, more for low-bitrate or music-heavy files |
| Output format | Keeps the source container (MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV); other containers are repackaged into MKV |
| Limits | No watermark, no signup, no artificial size cap — browser memory (~1–2 GB) is the practical ceiling |
| Privacy | Processed entirely on your device — the video never leaves it |
Get a better result
- Posting to Instagram, TikTok or YouTube with copyrighted music in the clip? Removing the audio track entirely gives their fingerprinting systems nothing to match — add a licensed or platform-library track in the app afterwards. It can’t fix claims about the visuals themselves.
- The iPhone Photos mute button (Edit → speaker icon) keeps the audio in your library copy and can be undone at any time — it’s a mute, not a removal. Use this tool when the audio must actually be gone from the file: iPhone HEVC (.mov) footage works directly and stays .mov, with no compatibility re-encode.
- Removing audio is also a small compression: the track typically carries 2–10% of a camera file’s bytes. If the silent clip still needs to hit a limit — 25 MB email, 20 MB Discord — use the compress step on the result card instead of running the file through two tools.
- Want the music gone but the voices kept? That’s AI stem separation — a different, lossy technology. This tool removes the entire audio track; look for a “vocal remover” if you need voice isolation.
- Social feeds autoplay videos muted, so silent clips with captions or text overlays lose nothing in practice — many creators strip audio deliberately to keep the file lean and the message visual.
Frequently asked questions
Does removing the audio reduce the video quality?
No. The audio track is deleted while the video stream is copied byte-for-byte — no decoding, no re-encoding — so the result is pixel-identical to the original: same resolution, same frame rate, same bitrate, HDR and rotation metadata untouched. In the rare case a file can’t be repackaged in the browser, the tool falls back to a visually lossless re-encode (H.264, CRF 18) and labels the result clearly.
Is the audio muted or actually deleted?
Deleted. The output file contains no audio stream at all — and if the source had several audio tracks, all of them are removed. Nothing can be “unmuted” downstream, and the file gets smaller by the bytes the audio occupied. That’s different from the mute switch in most editors and in the iPhone Photos app, which keep the track and just disable it.
How much smaller does the file get?
By the audio track’s share of the bytes. Typical camera or phone footage carries AAC audio at 128–256 kbit/s next to video at several Mbit/s, so expect anywhere from a few percent up to roughly 10%; low-bitrate or music-heavy files save more. The result card shows the exact before and after sizes.
Can I get the audio back afterwards?
Not from the muted file — the track is gone from it. Your original is never modified, though: this tool works on a copy in your browser’s memory, so as long as you keep the source file, you keep the sound.
Will removing the audio stop copyright claims on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube?
It removes what audio-fingerprinting systems (like YouTube’s Content ID) match against — a video with no audio track can’t trigger a music claim, and muting is one of the resolutions platforms themselves offer for claimed uploads. You can then add a licensed or platform-library track in the app. It doesn’t help with claims about the visual content, and it isn’t a license: don’t reuse footage you have no rights to.
Can it remove background music but keep the voices?
No — separating music from speech requires AI stem separation, a different technology that decodes and rebuilds the audio (with some quality cost). This tool does the opposite job: it removes the entire audio track without touching the video. If you need voice isolation, look for a “vocal remover” or “stem splitter”.
Can I silence just part of the video?
No — this tool removes the whole track. Silencing a section while keeping the rest of the sound requires re-encoding the audio in an editor. If what you actually need is a silent excerpt, trim the video first with the trim tool, then remove the audio here.
Which formats are supported, and what comes out?
MP4, MOV (including iPhone HEVC), WebM and MKV keep their original container; most other containers (AVI, 3GP, WMV…) are repackaged into MKV with the video stream untouched. If a file can’t be repackaged losslessly in the browser at all, the tool automatically re-encodes it to MP4 (H.264, visually lossless CRF 18) and says so on the result. A file your browser can’t play can’t be previewed on the page — the removal itself still works.
Is my video uploaded to a server?
No. The engine (FFmpeg compiled to WebAssembly) downloads once into your browser, and your file is processed on your device. You can verify it: open the browser’s network tab while removing the audio — after the engine loads, nothing is transmitted. Footage with private conversations stays private.