How to remove the sound from a video

You want to share a screen recording or a clip, but not the conversation happening behind it. Removing the sound takes a few seconds.

Mute video
Whichever tool you use here, the file stays on your device. How that works

Step by step

  1. 1Add the video to the tool.
  2. 2Press Remove the sound.
  3. 3Play the new file to check it is silent.
  4. 4Save it. The original is unchanged.

Muting is not the same as removing

Turning the volume down in a player only affects that player. Whoever you send the file to can turn the sound straight back on. Removing the sound track means it is not in the file at all.

Because only the sound track is left out and the picture is copied across as it is, this is fast even for a long video, and the picture is exactly as good as before.

The new file stays in the same format as the original, so an MP4 comes back as an MP4.

Questions

Does it lower the picture quality?

No. The picture is copied without being encoded again.

Can the sound be recovered?

Not from the new file. Your original still has it.

Is the video uploaded?

No.

Tools that help with this job

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