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Mute Video

Remove the audio track from a video and download a silent copy, right in your browser.

Video
Drop a video here or click to browse
or paste from clipboard (Ctrl+V) · MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV
Files stay in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How to remove audio from a video online

  1. Add your video

    Add the video you want to silence by dropping it onto the tool or browsing for it. MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, and AVI are supported, and there are no settings to configure.

  2. Mute

    Click Mute video. The audio track is dropped and the video stream is copied into a new MP4 without re-encoding, so the picture is untouched.

  3. Download

    Compare the original and muted file sizes on the result card, then click Download to save the silent copy.

Why use this tool

Zero quality loss

The video stream is copied as-is rather than re-encoded, so every frame in the muted file is bit-for-bit identical to the original.

Fast on long videos too

Because nothing is recompressed, muting is mostly limited by how quickly the file can be read and written. Even lengthy recordings finish in seconds.

One click, no settings

There is exactly one decision: which video to silence. Drop it, click Mute video, download.

A slightly smaller file

Removing the audio data trims the file size, and the result card shows the original versus muted sizes so you can see the difference.

Your footage stays local

The whole operation runs inside the browser. Nothing is transmitted anywhere.

Free with no strings

No signup, no watermark on the output, no processing quota.

About this tool

This tool removes the audio track from a video and returns a silent copy. It runs entirely in your browser, and the recipe is deliberately minimal: the audio stream is dropped and the video stream is copied straight into a new MP4 without re-encoding. Because no pixels are recompressed, the picture in the muted file is exactly the picture you started with.

Stream copying is also why the tool is quick. Re-encoding a long video can take minutes, but copying is mostly a matter of reading and writing the file, so even lengthy recordings finish fast and short clips are done almost immediately. Typical reasons to mute: stripping background chatter from a screen recording before narrating over it, removing music you do not have the rights to share, or preparing a clip to autoplay silently on a web page. The muted file is a little smaller too, since the audio data is gone.

Your footage never leaves your device; the browser does all the work. If you want the opposite result, keeping the sound and discarding the picture, extract the audio instead. To shorten the clip as well, run it through the video trimmer, and if the silent file also needs to be lighter, the video compressor can re-encode it smaller.

Frequently asked questions

How do I mute a video?
Drop a video onto the tool or click to browse, then click Mute video. The tool removes the audio track and keeps the video exactly as it is, then gives you a silent copy to download. There are no settings to choose: a muted video is just the original picture with no sound.
Is my video uploaded to a server?
No. The whole process runs locally in your browser. Your video never leaves your device, is never uploaded, and is not stored or logged anywhere. The first time you mute a video the tool downloads the video engine once, after which it stays ready for the rest of your session.
Does muting reduce the video quality?
No. The video stream is copied directly without re-encoding, so the picture is bit-for-bit identical to the original and nothing is recompressed. Only the audio track is removed. Because copying is far faster than re-encoding, muting finishes in a few seconds even for long, high-resolution clips. The new file is also slightly smaller, since the audio data is gone.
Which video formats can I mute?
You can drop in MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, AVI, M4V, and most other common video files. The output is an MP4 that contains the original video stream and no audio, which plays on virtually every device, browser, and editor.
Can I mute only part of a video or lower the volume instead?
This tool removes the audio track entirely from the whole file, so the result is fully silent. If you need to keep some audio, fade it, or lower the volume, you would use a video editor instead. This tool is built for quickly producing a completely silent copy in one click.
Why would I want to mute a video?
Common reasons include removing background noise or copyrighted music before sharing, stripping audio so a clip can loop silently as a background on a website, or cutting a microphone track before adding new narration. Because the video itself is untouched, you can always re-add audio later in an editor.

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