How to Remove Audio from Video on Windows/Mac/iOS/Android/Online
Last Updated on September 22, 2025 by Jane Joe
If there is so much background noise in your video, or you want to remove some unwanted audio, you can remove the audio track and mute the video. You want to keep the video without sound or add a new audio track depending on you. This article will show you how to remove audio from video on multiplatform. You can successfully delete audio from video without losing quality in clicks.
Part 1: Remove Audio from Video on Mac
If you want to remove audio from downloaded videos, you can use Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, iMovie, FFmpeg, iMovie, and more. Some video muting tools are expensive or hard to use. Then what about removing audio from online streaming videos? Luckily, you can get one more choice to delete audio from online and offline videos.
It is WidsMob Capture that can help you record video without audio. You can download videos with the original quality. The screen recorder is lightweight and easy to use. Thus, your computer will not lag, crash, freeze, overheat or suffer from other slowing-down problems.
1. Remove audio from video by screen recording without system nor microphone sound.
2. Screen capture any window or screen with a custom area.
3. Add webcam video during screen recording.
4. No maximum time limit for video recording.
Step 1: Free download and install WidsMob Capture on your Mac computer. Enter the registration key or start a free trial.
Step 2: Click Record Screen. There is a Screen Area icon in the first place from left to right. Click its three-lines More icon. Choose from Full Screen, Fixed Region, or Custom Region to set the specific area to record video.
Step 3: Choose Preferences from the WidsMob Capture drop-down list on the top.
In the General section, you can set hotkey preferences and output folder.
Or you can navigate to the Recording window to set mouse effects and adjust the video frame rate/bitrate.
Step 4: Remember to disable the Audio icon, which looks like a microphone. It matters to remove audio from video on Mac.
Step 5: Click the red REC icon to record the video without audio. You can pause and resume to skip unwanted video clips.
Step 6: Click Stop Recording to finish the process. You can save or share the recorded video with no sound.
Part 2: Remove Audio from Video on Windows
To mute audio from video on Windows 10 without third-party software, you can choose Windows Movie Maker. There is a built-in volume controller. You can remove audio and keep the video on Windows for free. Here is the tutorial on muting a video on Windows using Windows Movie Maker.
Step 1: Add your video to Windows Movie Maker.
Step 2: Highlight the video you want to mute.
Step 3: Select Video Tools. Click Edit to access the Video Volume button on the top left corner. There is a speaker icon you can see.
Step 4: Drag and move the slider to the left to remove sound from video on Windows.
Step 5: Now save and export your video without background music and any other sound.
Part 3: Remove Audio from Video on Android
You can use Timbre, VLC Media Player for Mobile, Video Sound Editors as a free video mute app on Android. This section will show you how to mute a video on Android using Timbre. Because there is a direct Mute icon in Timbre, you can use any other tool to delete audio from video on Android.
Step 1: Free download Timbre from the Google Play Store. Then run the silent video app.
Step 2: Scroll down and select Mute in the Video section. You will be redirected to Gallery automatically. Tap which video you want to remove the sound.
Step 3: When you are in the Remove audio section, tap the red Mute icon on the right side.
Step 4: You will get “The audio stream of … will be removed and saved as …”. Choose Save to save the muted video on Android.
Step 5: A new notification pops up. You can choose Yes to preview the silent video if necessary.
Part 4: Remove Audio from Video on iPhone
iMovie is a free video editor for Apple iOS and Mac users. You can mute a video or fade audio in iMovie on your iPhone during this time. By the way, you can continue editing on your Mac computer as well. Now, let’s see how to remove an audio track from an iPhone video.
Step 1: Download and install the iMovie app on iPhone.
Step 2: Run the Photos app. Browse and find the target video.
Step 3: Tap Edit, and choose the three-line with dots icon near the bottom.
Step 4: Select iMovie in the popup. If you cannot see it, you can tap More followed by Turn on next to iMovie. Later, choose Done to move on.
Step 5: There is an audio icon on the top left corner of iMovie. Tap on it to remove sound from video on iPhone or iPad.
Step 6: Tap Done to save changes and export the video without sound.
Part 5: Remove Audio from Video Online
If you want to keep your video silent, you can also use an online video mute tool. It is supported by muting down a video without a watermark or quality loss. You can delete audio from some parts of your video as well.
Step 1: Open pixiko on your browser. Choose to Get Started.
Step 2: Drag and drop a video into the main interface.
Step 3: Select Volume to access the volume bar. Drag it to 0 from up to down.
Step 4: Choose Render on the top to remove audio and keep the video.
Bonus Tips: Remove Audio from Part of Video
Step 1: Run iMovie. Go to the Projects section. Click the large + icon to create a new project.
Step 2: Choose Import Media. Select the video clip you want to remove the audio track.
Step 3: Drag the video from the media library to the iMovie timeline.
Step 4: Right-click on the video clip in the iMovie timeline. Then choose Detach Audio from the Modify drop-down list. You can see the detached audio clip in green.
Step 5: Right-click on this audio clip. Later, choose to Delete to remove part of audio from a video.
Step 6: Choose Share followed by File in the File list. Follow the on-screen guide to export your video with some audio removed.
All in all, you can remove the entire audio track or part of the audio track from a video on Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, and online. All kinds of video formats are supported. You can remove audio from MP4, AVI, FLV, WMV, and more. After that, you can add new audio tracks and background music to this video.