Learn how to quickly and easily remove audio from any video in Windows 11 and Windows 10 using two methods.
It’s not often, but there will be times when you need to remove sound or audio from a video completely. For example, maybe for privacy reasons, or you’ve downloaded a video from the internet and want to remove the audio from it because it has some copyrighted content.
Whatever your specific reason is, you can easily remove audio from any video simply and easily without using complicated and advanced software such as Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve.
In this quick and easy guide, I will show 2 methods to remove sound from a video. Let’s get started.
Remove Audio from Video Using FFmpeg
FFmpeg is one of my favorite tools to work with media files. It makes it trivial to remove sound/audio from any type of video file with just single-line command. Here’s how.
Note: Before proceeding, please install FFmpeg in Windows.
- Open the File Explorer by pressing the “Windows key + E” shortcut.
- Open the folder with the video file.
- Right-click in the File Explorer and select “Open in Terminal“.
- Run the following command while replacing the input and output names of the video file.
ffmpeg -i '.\input.mp4' -c copy -an 'output.mp4' - That’s it. You’ve removed the audio from the video file.
- You will find the new video file without audio in the same folder as the source video.
Use VLC to Remove Audio from a Video
Most don’t know this, but VLC media player has a built-in converter that lets you remove sound from a video file. Here’s how.
Note: Before proceeding, install VLC media player if it is not yet installed on your system.
First, open the Start menu, search for “VLC media player” and click the “Open” option. Once VLC opens, click the “File” > “Convert/Save” option.
Now, go to the “File” tab in the “Open Media” window and click the “Add” button.
Now, find the video file you want to remove the audio from, select it, and click the “Open” button.
Click the “Convert/Select” dropdown menu and select the “Convert” option.
In this window, select the “Convert” option. Next, select “Video – H.264 + MP3 (MP4)” from the Profile dropdown. If you prefer some other video format, select that.
After selecting the video profile, click the “Settings” button next to the dropdown menu.
Go to the “Video codec” tab and select the “Keep the original track” checkbox.
Go to the “Audio codec” tab and uncheck the “Audio” checkbox. Click the “Save” button to confirm the changes.
Now, click the “Browse” button in the Convert window.
Type a name for the output file in the “File name” field, go to the location where you want to save the file, and click the “Save” button.
Press the “Start” button in the “Convert” window.
As soon as you click the button, VLC starts removing audio from the video.
Once done, the file is automatically saved to the location you chose earlier.
Use Windows 10 Video Editor to Remove Audio from Video
Note: This method only works in older versions of Windows 10. In the newer versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11, the Video Editor app is no longer available.
Windows 10 has a built-in video editor that lets you do basic edits such as adding or removing background music, special effects, cutting and copying clips, etc. For now, let me show you the steps to remove audio from video using the Video Editor app in Windows 10.
The first thing we need to do is open the Video Editor application. To do that, press the Start (Windows) key on your keyboard and search for “Video Editor“. Click the “Open” option to launch the Video Editor application.
After opening the Video Editor, click the “New video project” button.
Name the video project anything you want and click the “OK” button.
Now, click the “Add” > “From this PC” option. This option lets you add a video file to the editor.
Select the video from which you want to remove the audio and click the “Open” button.
The above action will add the video file to the “Project Library” section.
Drag and drop the video file in the first card of the Storyboard section. You can also do the same thing by right-clicking on the video in the Project Library section and selecting the “Place in Storyboard” option.
After adding the video file to the storyboard, press the volume icon on the video card and use the slider to set it to “zero.”
Next, click the “Finish video” button appearing in the top right corner.
Now, select the “Video quality” of your choice and click the “Export” button.
Type a name for the new video file, select a location, and click the “Export” button.
As soon as you click the button, the app will start the Export process. Depending on the video quality and length, it will take some time to complete the export.
Once done, you will find the newly exported file in the location you chose. Windows will automatically play the freshly exported file so that you can see if everything is alright.
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That is all. It is that simple to remove audio from any video file in Windows 11 and Windows 10. If you have any questions or need help, comment below. I’ll be happy to assist.
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