# Remove Audio from Video

Remove the audio from a video by dropping the track and keeping the picture untouched. Free, no re-encoding, and nothing is uploaded.

Canonical page: https://filetity.com/remove-audio-from-video

## Capabilities

- Free: Yes, with no watermark and no page limit.
- Account required: No. There is no account system.
- Processed on device: Yes. The file is read by your browser and never uploaded. There is no server to send it to.
- Formats: MP4, MOV, WebM and MKV in, and the same container out. The picture is copied, never re-encoded.
- Limits: A video that already has no audio track is refused with a message, since there is nothing to remove and re-writing the file would achieve nothing.
- Mobile: Yes, on any modern mobile browser. Large files are limited by the memory the phone gives the browser.
- Offline: Yes, once the page has loaded. The tool keeps working with no network connection.

## Questions

### Does removing the audio hurt the picture?

No, and it cannot. The video track is copied across as it is, without being decoded or re-encoded, so the output holds exactly the same picture data as the input. This is the one video operation on the site that is genuinely lossless.

### Why is it so much faster than compressing?

Because nothing is being encoded. Compressing means decoding every frame and encoding it again, which is where all the time goes. Dropping a track is a matter of rewriting the container around the picture, so it runs at disk speed rather than encoder speed.

### How much smaller does the file get?

Usually a few per cent, and sometimes barely anything. Audio is a small fraction of a video file, so this is a tool for silencing a clip rather than for shrinking one. Use the video compressor if size is what you are after.

### Can I lower the volume instead of removing it?

Not here. This drops the track entirely, which is what people usually want when there is background noise, a conversation, or music they cannot use. Changing the level means decoding and re-encoding the audio, which is a different job with a different cost.

### Will the silent video still play everywhere?

Yes. A video with no audio track is completely normal and every player handles it. Some social platforms show a muted icon, which is accurate. The container stays the one you gave it, so an MP4 stays an MP4.

## Related tools

- [Video to MP3](https://filetity.com/video-to-mp3): Pull the soundtrack out of a video and save it as MP3.
- [Compress video](https://filetity.com/compress-video): Make a video smaller without uploading it anywhere.