Remove silence
Find quiet stretches and remove them, keeping a short pause so cuts sound natural.
Drop an audio file
or drop it here, or paste. Up to 500 MB per file.
Runs in your browser. Your files are not uploaded.
Formats: the format list shows only what this browser can encode. MP3 and FLAC use an encoder that downloads the first time you choose them. M4A (AAC) is not available in every Firefox version.
Memory: audio is decoded in full, about 23 MB per minute of 48 kHz stereo, so long recordings can be slow on phones. Files that would need more than about 1 GB once decoded (about 45 minutes of 48 kHz stereo, or 90 of mono) are refused before decoding.
How to use Remove silence
Choose an audio file or drop it on the page.
Set Quieter than (dB), Longer than (seconds) and Keep around cuts (seconds).
Pick the output format.
Select Apply, then download the shorter file.
Questions
No. Everything runs in your browser and the file never leaves your device.
The defaults are -45 dB, 0.6 seconds and 0.15 seconds, which suit most speech. Raise the dB value for noisy recordings.
A short pause is kept next to each cut so the edits sound natural instead of abrupt.
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