Remove music from your YouTube video.
Keep the voice.

Hear what voice separation does

This 16-second example uses a film excerpt with music deliberately added. The after is actual Mirinex output. Both versions use the same gain, with no extra boost on the after.

Listen to the words and the spaces between them. This constructed example shows one result; your recording may separate differently. Source and music credits.

For an existing upload: YouTube Studio

For eligible music claims, YouTube offers Erase song, which aims to remove the claimed song while keeping dialogue and other sound. You can edit the existing video without uploading a replacement.

Open the video’s claim details in Studio and look for Take Action → Erase song. Preview the change carefully. YouTube also offers trimming and audio replacement, and says difficult songs may not erase successfully. Keep a backup before saving: saved Studio edits cannot be reverted.

Availability depends on the video and claim. Follow YouTube’s current instructions for the exact options on your account.

For your original file: separate, compare, export

1. Start with your original recording. Use the video file from your camera or editor. If the music is still on its own editing track, turn that track down or off before trying separation.
2. Choose the file in Voice isolator. Supported video and audio files include MP4, MOV, MP3, WAV and M4A, subject to browser codec support. The limit is 20 minutes and 250 MiB per file. For a longer edit, export the section you need to repair first.
3. Listen to Voice, then Original. Check the loudest music, quiet words and any overlap with singing.
4. Set the mix. Keep Music down to isolate speech, or bring it up a little if you want some background sound. Separation can also remove room ambience and sound effects, so compare those moments too.
5. Download and review. Download mix gives supported video back with the adjusted audio; when video export is unavailable, use the WAV fallback in your editor. Listen through the finished file before uploading it to YouTube.

Changing a local file does not replace an existing YouTube upload. This workflow gives you a new file to edit or upload yourself.

What to listen for

Music with singing is harder to separate from speech: the singer can remain in the voice track. Loud music may mask words, and separation can leave a watery sound or remove parts of a voice. It cannot recreate speech that was never captured clearly.

Removing music does not guarantee that YouTube will clear a claim, and it does not change your rights to use the source recording. Judge the sound on your own file first.

A different sound problem?

For a toast recorded over a DJ, see wedding speech music removal. For noisy interviews, see podcast and meeting cleanup.

For hiss or recording noise, try noise removal. For a song without its lead singer, use vocal removal. For an audio-only copy of a video, use MP4 to MP3.