How to remove the sound from a video
Background chatter, wind noise, a copyrighted song playing in the room, or a clip you want to put new music under: sometimes the best soundtrack is none. This tool removes the audio track from a video in a moment and leaves the picture exactly as it was, because the video itself is copied rather than re-encoded. It works in your browser, so your video is never uploaded.
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Add your video
Drop in an MP4, MOV or WebM video up to 10 minutes long. If it has no sound already, the tool tells you.
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Remove the sound
Press Remove the sound. There are no settings to get wrong: the audio track is dropped and the picture is copied as it is.
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Download your silent video
The muted video is usually ready in under a second, in the same format and resolution as the original, and slightly smaller.
Why the quality doesn’t change
A video file holds the picture and the sound as separate tracks. Most tools that mute a video decode the whole thing and encode it again, which takes time and costs a little quality. This one simply copies the picture track into a new file and leaves the sound track out. The result is identical frame for frame, and it is ready almost instantly, even for long videos.
MP4 and MOV videos come out as MP4, and WebM videos stay WebM.
When to mute a video
- Add music or a voiceover later in TikTok, Instagram or your editor, without the original sound clashing.
- Avoid copyright claims from music that happened to be playing while you filmed.
- Hide private conversations or background noise before sharing a clip.
- Make background loops for websites, presentations and displays, which usually autoplay muted anyway.
- Prepare B-roll: silent clips to cut between talking shots.
If you’re putting the video on a website, compress it next to make it load quickly. You can open the muted video in Compress straight from the result.
Keep the sound instead?
If you need the opposite, the sound without the picture, use Extract Audio to save it as M4A or WAV. To keep the voice but cut the quiet gaps between sentences, use the Silence Remover.
Want to remove the sound from only part of a video? Mute the whole clip here and add sound back in your editor, or trim it into separate pieces first.
What’s in the muted file
The new file has a video track and no sound track at all, rather than a silent one. Apps and players treat it as a video without audio: TikTok and Instagram will let you add music, and some players show a “no sound” icon. The file is smaller than the original by roughly the size of the sound, which for phone videos is a few percent.
Everything about the picture stays the same: resolution, frame rate, colors and rotation. If you need a quieter video rather than a silent one, for example lowering background music under a voice, use a full video editor; this tool removes the sound completely.
Private by design
Muting is often about privacy: a conversation in the background, a name said out loud. With ClipCocoon, the original never leaves your device, because everything happens in your browser. Our guide Are online video editors safe? explains what usually happens to uploads on other sites.
Frequently asked questions
Does muting a video reduce its quality?
No. The picture is copied unchanged, frame for frame. Only the sound track is removed.
How long does it take?
Usually under a second, even for long videos, because nothing is re-encoded.
Can I mute just part of a video?
Not in this tool; it removes the sound from the whole video. Trim the video into parts first, or add sound back in your editor.
Will the muted video play on Instagram and TikTok?
Yes. It keeps the original video format, and both apps let you add music or a voiceover to it.
Is it free?
Yes, with no watermark, no sign-up and no limit on how many videos you mute.
Is my video uploaded?
No. The sound is removed in your browser and the new file is saved straight to your device.
Can I add new music to the muted video here?
Not yet. Download the muted video and add music or a voiceover in TikTok, Instagram, CapCut or your video editor, which also lets you pick licensed tracks.