Remove Vocals from Video — Keep the Music, Get Your MP4 Back
Your video comes back as an MP4 — same picture, same length — with the singing or speech taken out and the music in sync; keep the vocal at zero or turn it up a little as a quiet guide.
Have several recordings? Choose them all at once, then sign in to process them in one go.
Want the speech and not the music? Remove background music instead.
What Does It Mean to Remove Vocals from a Video?
To remove vocals from a video means taking the singing or speech out of its soundtrack while the music and the picture stay as they were. Vocal Isolator does it with a BS-RoFormer model, puts the music back on your original video as an MP4 in sync with the picture, lets you keep a little of the voice, and also saves the music and vocals as 44.1 kHz, 16-bit WAV.
What Do You Get When You Remove Vocals from a Video?
When you remove vocals from video here, you get your video back as an MP4: the same picture and the same length, with the vocals taken out of the soundtrack and the music kept. You can hear the first 30 seconds free and switch between the original sound, the music, and the vocals that were removed before you download anything.
You do not need a video editor. There is no audio to extract first and no track to line back up on a timeline. If you only want the sound, switch the download to audio and save the music, the vocals, or both as WAV.
- VideoAn MP4 of your video with the vocals removed from the sound.
- MusicThe soundtrack without the voice, as 44.1 kHz, 16-bit WAV.
- VocalsThe voice that was removed, on its own, as WAV.
Why Is It Hard to Remove Vocals from a Video?
Muting the clip removes the voice and also the music you wanted to keep. Most video editors can only lower the whole soundtrack, and the ones that can isolate a voice need a desktop app, a timeline, and an export.
The usual workaround is a chain of tools: rip the audio from the video, run it through a vocal remover, then put the instrumental back under the picture and line it up by hand. Every step can lower the quality, and a few frames of drift are enough to make a music video look out of sync. To remove vocals from video properly, the separation and the video have to stay together.
| Method | What you end up with | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| Mute the video | Silence: the voice and the music are both gone | You do not need the music at all |
| Vocal isolation in a desktop video editor | The music kept on your timeline, after you export | You are already editing the video in that app |
| Extract the audio, separate it, sync it back | Music under the picture, lined up by hand | You want to use a specific vocal remover |
| Upload here (remove vocals from video) | Your video back as an MP4 with the music kept | You want the video without vocals in one step |
Why Remove Vocals from Video with This Tool?
Your video back, not just audio
Most ways to remove vocals from video leave you with an audio file. With Vocal Isolator you download an MP4 with the vocals removed, and the new soundtrack is placed back on the original video for you.
Keeps the music at full strength
AI recognizes what a voice sounds like, so the bass, drums, and instruments stay in the video instead of being cancelled with the vocals.
Singing or talking over music
The BS-RoFormer model removes voices in general, sung or spoken. Use it to take the singer out of a music video, or to remove someone talking over a song in a clip.
Keep a little voice if you want
Leave the vocal level at zero for clean music, or turn it up a little to keep a quiet guide vocal. The MP4 you download uses the mix you set.
Trim to the part you need
Cut the download down to a chorus or a short scene for a reel or a story. Minutes are counted for the whole file.
Why Does the Music Still Sound Like the Original?
A top-scoring separation model
We remove vocals from video with BS-RoFormer, which scores 18.10 dB instrumental SDR on the public MVSEP Multisong leaderboard. Higher SDR means less voice left in the music and less damage to the instruments.
See the MVSEP leaderboardIn sync with the picture
The music track is the original recording with the voice taken out, at the same length as your upload. It goes back onto your own video, so the beat, the cuts, and the lip movements stay where they were.
Which Videos Can You Remove Vocals From?
Upload the original file when you have it. A video that has been re-encoded several times, such as a screen recording of a stream, has lower-quality sound and leaves more traces.
| Input | Details |
|---|---|
| Audio | MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, M4B, MKA, AIFF |
| Video | MP4, MOV, M4V, WEBM, MKV |
| File size | Up to 2 GB per file |
| You download | MP4 with the vocals removed; music and vocals as 44.1 kHz, 16-bit WAV when you switch to audio |
How to Remove Vocals from Video Online
- 1UploadDrop an MP4, MOV, WEBM, or MKV to remove vocals from video.
- 2PreviewHear the first 30 seconds without the vocals, free.
- 3AdjustSet the vocal level, trim, or try another part of the video.
- 4DownloadSave the MP4, or switch to audio and save WAV tracks.
When Do People Remove Vocals from Video Clips?
Music for a vlog without the lyrics
A creator has a travel or vlog clip cut to a song, and the lyrics clash with the voiceover they want to add.
The same clip with the music kept and no singing, ready for narration.
Sing along to a music video
A singer uploads a music video or a live performance to record a cover or practice with the band.
An MP4 of the performance with the lead singer gone and the music in sync.
Remove talking over a song
Someone talks over the music in a dance, gym, or event clip, and the music is what matters.
The voice taken out and the song kept, so the clip can be reused.
Remove Vocals or Remove the Music?
Remove vocals from video and remove background music both split a video in two. Pick the one that keeps the part you need.
| You want | Use | You get |
|---|---|---|
| The music without the singing or talking | Remove vocals from video (this page) | MP4 with the voice removed and the music kept |
| The speech without the background music | Remove background music | Dialogue and sound effects kept, music removed |
| A karaoke video that keeps the chorus harmonies | Karaoke maker | Only the lead singer removed |
| The vocals on their own from a music video | Acapella extractor | A clean acapella as WAV |
| Remove vocals from a YouTube link | — | Not supported. Upload a video file you have instead of pasting a link. |
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What Happens to Your Video After Upload?
Your video and the separated tracks are stored only to process and deliver them, and are deleted automatically after 24 hours. Guest uploads are tied to your browser and signed-in uploads to your account, so no other visitor can open them. You need an account only to download.
Remove Vocals from Video FAQ
Partly. The remove vocals from video tool previews the first 30 seconds of any video free, with no account. Sign in and your first 1 minute of downloads is free too. Longer videos use minutes from a minute pack or a monthly plan, charged by video length and rounded up to the whole minute, and pack minutes never expire.
The picture comes from your own upload and only the soundtrack is replaced, so the video keeps its length, timing, and lip sync. The download is an MP4 even if you upload a MOV, WEBM, or MKV. If you only need the sound, switch the download to audio and save WAV files instead.
Yes. Vocal Isolator removes singing and speech from the soundtrack and keeps the music, then puts that music back on your video as an MP4. Sounds that are neither voice nor music usually stay with the music. Preview the part you care about before you download, because a voice mixed with loud effects can leave faint traces.
Removing vocals from video works less well when the voice has heavy reverb, when a crowd sings along at a live show, or when the video has been compressed many times, such as a screen recording of a stream. Speech over loud sound effects can also leave traces. Preview the part you care about first, or choose "Try another part".
Pasting a YouTube link is not supported. If you have the video file, such as an MP4 you recorded or have the rights to, upload it here and remove the vocals the same way. You get the video back as an MP4 with the music kept, or the music and vocals as separate WAV tracks.
Yes. The remove vocals from video tool runs entirely online, so it works in the browser on iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac, and Chromebook. There is no app or plugin to install and no graphics card needed, because the separation runs on cloud GPUs. Upload a file from your phone, preview it, and download the result.
Removing vocals for practice, study, or from your own footage is fine. Publishing a video that uses copyrighted music still needs permission from the rights holder, even after the vocals are removed, and platforms such as YouTube and TikTok may detect the music and claim the video.
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