Trim audio

Pick a start and an end, listen to just that part, and save it. Useful for ringtones, interview highlights and cutting the silence off a voice memo.

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How to cut a section out of an audio file

STEP 1

Add the recording

It is read in this tab and drawn as a waveform so you can see where the quiet and loud parts are.

STEP 2

Set the start and the end

Move the two sliders. The highlighted part is what you keep, and Play this part lets you check it.

STEP 3

Cut and save

Save the clip as MP3 or WAV. Your original file is never changed.

Getting the cut in the right place

The sliders move in tenths of a second. That is fine enough to cut between words, but listening is better than looking. Play the part before you save it and move the edges until it starts and ends where you want.

Silence is easiest to spot as a flat line in the waveform. A loud peak just after the start usually means the speaker has begun, so leave a moment of quiet before it and the clip will not feel chopped.

If you want to remove something from the middle, cut the part before it and the part after it as two clips, then put them together with the Join audio tool. If you plan to edit the same sound several times, save it as WAV in between, because each MP3 save re-encodes the sound a little.

Questions

Is my file uploaded anywhere?

No. The work happens inside this tab, on your own machine. Open your browser's network tab while you use the tool, there is no request carrying your file.

Is there a file size limit?

None set by us. Very large files are limited only by your device's memory, and we warn you before that becomes a problem.

Do I need an account?

No, and there is no daily limit either. There is nothing to sign up for.

Does trimming lower the quality?

Saving as WAV loses nothing. Saving as MP3 encodes the clip once, which is inaudible at 192 kbps or higher.

How long can the file be?

It has to fit in your device's memory once opened. Files up to a few hundred megabytes are fine on most computers.

Can I fade the ends?

Not yet. The clip starts and stops exactly where you set it.

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