This runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Longer clips take longer here than they would on a fast server. That's the trade-off for not sending the file.
About Mute video
Removes the audio track from a video in your browser, keeping the picture, without uploading the file to a mute tool.
Sometimes you need the picture and none of the room noise: a screen recording with a Discord call in the background, a clip you will subtitle later. This page drops the audio with `-an` and tries to copy the video stream so you're not waiting on a full re-encode. If the container refuses a copy, you will see an error rather than a fake mute that still has a stream.
The result isn't the same as extracting audio. Extract keeps sound and throws the picture away. Mute keeps picture and throws the sound away. If you need both outputs, run both tools; the original file is still on disk, because it never left.
This won't remove a burnt-in voice from the pixels. It won't beep a word. Those are different problems. It will make a file that plays silently in a player that respects the missing track.
How to use Mute video
- 1Drop the clip.
- 2Click Mute.
- 3Download and play it with the volume up to confirm it's actually silent.
What it won't do
- No partial mute, no bleep overlay.
- Copy-only; some odd containers will fail.
Common questions
Does mute re-encode the video?
It tries a stream copy of the video with audio stripped. That's fast and lossless for the picture. If copy fails for your container, convert to MP4 first and mute that. A failed copy is an error message, not a file that still has a quiet audio stream hiding inside.
Can I mute only part of the timeline?
No. The whole file loses its audio track. For a beep in the middle you want an editor, not this page. Trim to the segment you care about first if you only needed silence on a short export, then mute that shorter file.
Will players still show a speaker icon?
Depends on the player. The file should have no audio stream. If a player synthesises silence, that's the player, not a hidden track I left in. Turn the volume up on download and listen once before you send it.
Related tools
Why this one doesn't upload your file
There is no server to upload to. This page is a static file, and the work happens in your browser using the same graphics and WebAssembly code that renders every other site you visit. Your file is read from disk into memory, processed, and handed back as a download. Once the page has loaded you can disconnect from the network entirely and it keeps working. The longer explanation