Do you want to know how to remove audio from a video?
Don’t worry this tutorial will show you step by step how to remove audio from a video in some different ways using free and paid software. This tutorial works for all types of video formats such as MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, MPG, MPEG, FLV, WMV, H264, M4V and other formats.
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How to remove sound from a video using:
- Wondershare Filmora (paid) (Windows and Mac)
- VLC (free) (Windows, Linux and Mac)
- Lightworks (free) (Windows, Linux and Mac)
Through this guide, you will permanently remove the audio from a video on Windows, Linux and Mac
How to remove audio from a video Windows, Linux and Mac
How to remove sound from a video using Wondershare Filmora (Windows and Mac)
Wondershare Filmora is an easy-to-use and convenient video editor with many features.
You can find Wondershare Filmora here (official website).
1. Open Wondershare Filmora.
2. Click on “Operation Mode”.
3. Click on “Import media files here”.
Or click on “Import” and choose “Import multimedia files”.
4. Go to the video that is on the computer.
5. Select the video.
6. Click on “Open”.
7. Right-click on the video and select “Add to Project”.
The video will be added to the panel in the project below.
8. In the project panel (located at the bottom), right-click on the video and select “Audio Detach”.
The audio will be removed from the video and shown as a separate bar below the video bar.
9. Right-click on the soundbar and select “Delete”.
10. When you have finished editing the video, click “Export” in the project toolbar.
An “Output” dialog will be displayed.
11. Select a video format.
12. Enter a name for your video.
13. You can change the settings if you wish.
14. When you have finished editing the video, click on the “Export” button located at the bottom right.
Wondershare Filmora will now create your video, but without sound (audio).
How to remove audio from a video using VLC (Windows, Linux and Mac)
The VLC media player is a free and open source multimedia player, portable and multi-platform and with a multimedia server for streaming.
You can download VLC from here (official site).
1. Open the VLC media player.
2. Click on “Media” and choose “Convert / Save”.
An “Open Media” dialog will appear.
3. Click on the “Add” button.
4.Go to the video that is on the computer.
5. Select the video.
6. Click on “Open”.
7. Click on the “Convert / Save” button located at the bottom.
A “Convert” dialog will be displayed.
8. In “Profile”, you can select the output profile (codec/video and audio format) you wish to use.
9. Click on the tools (Edit selected profile).
10. Click on the “Video Codec” tab.
11. Check the “Keep original track video” option.
12. Click on the “Audio Codec” tab.
13. Deselect the “Audio” option.
14. Click on the “Save” button located at the bottom.
15. In “Destination”, click on the “Browse” button.
16. Select a location on the computer where you want to save the new video file.
17. Instead of “File Name”, enter a name for the new video file.
18. Click on the “Save” button.
19. Click on the “Start” button at the bottom.
The VLC media player will now convert your video, but without sound (audio).
How to remove sound from a video using Lightworks (Windows, Linux, and Mac)
Lightworks is a professional video editor with many functions.
You can download Lightworks from here (official site).
1. Open Lightworks.
2. Click on “Create a new project”.
3. Enter a name for the project.
4. Select a frame rate.
If you do not know the frame rate of the video, select “Auto”.
5. Click on the “Create” button.
6. Click on “Local Files”.
7. Click on “Places”.
8. Go to the location on the computer where the video is stored.
9. Select the video.
10. Click on the “Import” button.
11. Click “Edit” (located at the top center on Lightworks).
12. Drag the video from the top panel to the bottom panel.
Now you will see 3 or more bars. V1 (video) is video and A1 (video, A1) and A2 (video, A2) is video audio. It can also be A3 (video, A3) and A4 (video, A4).
13. Right click on “A1 – A2” and select “Delete”.
If there is also “A3 – A4”, then you will also have to delete them.
14. When you have finished editing the video, right-click on the timeline, go to “Export” and choose “YouTube”. Do not worry about the YouTube option. For your video it will be fine.
15. Do not check the “Upload to youtube.com” option. Leave indifferent.
16. In “Destination”> “Folder”, you can select the location on the computer where the video will be saved.
17. When you are finished, click on the “Start” button.
Lightworks will now create your video, but without the sound (audio).