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# Remove background music from a video and keep the voice

Updated 2026-11-09

To remove music from a video, split its sound into voice and everything else, then put the voice back under the picture. Remove Music from Video does this with a separation model that runs in your browser, so the file stays on your device. You get the new video, a voice MP3 and a music MP3. This guide shows the steps and what to expect from the result.

[Open Remove Music from Video](https://toolsugar.com/tools/remove-music-from-video)

## Remove music from a video in four steps

Any MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV or AVI file works, up to 15 minutes long. The first run downloads a 66.8 MB model, and your browser saves it for later runs.

1. Choose your video file.
2. Press Remove music.
3. Wait while the audio is separated section by section, and leave the tab open.
4. Download the video without music, or take the voice and music as separate MP3 files.

## What the model keeps and what it drops

The model sorts sound into two groups, voice and everything else. Music lands in the second group, and so do door slams, traffic and applause. If you need one of those sounds, mix it back in from the music MP3.

Singing counts as voice. A singer stays in the output next to anyone who is speaking, so this tool cannot keep speech and drop only the vocals of a song.

The picture is copied bit for bit with no re-encoding, so it loses no quality. The new audio track is stereo at 44.1 kHz, AAC at 192 kbps, or Vorbis at 128 kbps when the file is WebM.

## How long a video takes to clean

Your own processor does the work, so the time depends on your computer. On an Apple M4 Pro, a minute of audio took about 16 seconds with WebGPU and about 3 minutes 45 seconds without it. Phones have not been tested.

A short clip is a good first try. If WebGPU is missing on your browser, a full 15 minute file can take close to an hour.

## Does taking the music out clear a copyright claim?

Not by itself. Automated systems can still match what is left, and the rights in the rest of the video do not change. Removing music gives you no rights to the song. If a claim matters to you, ask the platform or the rights holder.

## Questions

### Why does the voice sound thinner after the music is gone?

Music that is much louder than the voice, live room recordings and heavy reverb share frequencies with speech. The model may take some of that with it, or leave a faint trace of music. Play the result before you publish it.

### Can I keep the music and drop the speech?

Yes. Each run also gives you the music as its own MP3, so you can use that file and leave the voice out.

### Does the video leave my computer?

No. The audio is separated inside your browser tab. The only downloads are the model and the processing engine.

[Open Remove Music from Video](https://toolsugar.com/tools/remove-music-from-video)

## Related guides

- [How to remove vocals from a song](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-remove-vocals-from-a-song)
- [How to remove audio from a video](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-remove-audio-from-a-video)
- [How to add subtitles to a video](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-add-subtitles-to-a-video)
- [How to remove background noise from audio](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-remove-background-noise-from-audio)
- [How to extract audio from a video](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-extract-audio-from-a-video)