RemoveBackgroundMusicRemoveBackgroundMusic · REMOVE MUSIC. KEEP THE REST.
Remove background music from video while keeping dialogue, ambience and important sound effects. Try a free 15-second preview of your own file before you pay.
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VIDEO PRIVACY For MP4, the video stays on this device. Only extracted audio is sent for processing.
ZERO INSTALL No app download and no signup to hear your first result.
TWO ILLUSTRATIVE PROCESSING EXAMPLES
Compare these project-owned synthetic mixes to hear what changes when you remove background music. They are test examples, not customer recordings or a guarantee for your source.
Compare quiet syllables and changes in voice texture in this deliberately difficult synthetic dialogue-and-music overlap. Reduced music is not a guarantee of clean original speech.
This shares a mixed parent with the earlier hard-mix example. It is not a field interview, independent speaker sample or proof that overlapping voices will survive.
Compare the generated impacts and room-noise texture before and after music reduction. Listen to the impact tails, not only the quieter score.
Quiet ambience and transient texture can change or disappear. This procedural test does not validate natural footsteps, applause, crowds or every important effect.
Project-owned synthetic examples, processed with the tool's current model and music-removal settings. They are not customer recordings or a controlled benchmark. Important effects can be lost, so your own preview remains the best test. Hear the compression test, sources and listening checklist →
NOT A VOICE-ONLY TOOL
Keep interviews, narration and conversation at the center of the result.
Retain footsteps, crowd sound, room tone and other non-music detail when the mix allows.
Choose Remove for stronger separation, or Reduce to keep a quieter bed under the scene.
Test the actual recording for free before spending processing minutes.
HOW IT WORKS
Choose MP3, WAV or MP4. Your browser checks the format and size before processing starts.
MP4 video stays localCompare a short processed section against the same moment in the original recording.
No signup to listenIf the result works, spend only the actual duration of that file and download the finished audio or MP4.
No export-count limitDIRECT ANSWER · RESEARCH CONTEXT
To remove background music from video, the tool estimates separate speech, music and sound effects from the finished soundtrack; it does not recover the original production stems. The useful output is the residual scene audio after the estimated music is removed or reduced, so preview the hardest overlap from your file before processing it in full.
Primary research formalizes real-world soundtrack separation as a speech, music and effects problem. Follow-up evaluation also reports that separation can introduce artifacts and that mixing back a controlled amount of estimated interference can improve some downstream results—the technical reason this tool offers both Remove and Reduce.
FINISH THE JOB WITHOUT THE STEMS
Use it when the original edit or isolated stems are gone, but the voice and real-world sound still need to survive.
Preserve movement, ambience and important effects before adding a licensed replacement track.
02Keep answers and location sound when the soundtrack is too loud.
03Prepare conversations and social cuts when the original project is unavailable.
04Bring narration and conversation forward while clearing the music bed.
AUDIO-ONLY API WORKFLOW
For MP4 input, the browser extracts the audio track and sends that audio to the processing API. The original video file is not uploaded. When an MP4 result is available, the processed audio is paired back with the video on your device.
Read the privacy detailsONE-TIME OPTIONS · NO SUBSCRIPTION
Preview first. Pay $2.99 for one file up to 2 minutes, or buy minutes for longer files and multiple clips.
Free Preview
For checking whether the separation works before making a purchase.
Single Video
One short video to fix? Preview it first, then unlock the full result.
Quick Fix
For a few short clips or one longer fix. Minutes can be split across files.
Creator Minutes
For creators working through a batch of interviews, lessons or social clips.
Introductory prices for one-time packs. Prices may change for future purchases; purchased packs keep their original minutes and expiry.
Single Video is purchased through Stripe after your file has been verified. Single Video rules. Minute-pack processing is charged to the next whole second. All purchases remain valid for 12 months.
Prices are in USD. Completely unused purchases may be refunded within seven days; see the refund terms. Results are available for up to 24 hours.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW
Music, dialogue and sound effects can occupy the same frequencies. A useful result depends on how the original track was mixed.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
After a successful preview, eligible files up to 120 seconds can use Single Video for $2.99 USD through Stripe. It covers one full processing result for the verified file, not a transferable minute balance. For longer files or multiple clips, Quick Fix includes 10 minutes for $4.99 USD and Creator Minutes includes 50 minutes for $19.99 USD. These are one-time purchases, not subscriptions; the tool confirms eligibility before checkout.
Choose up to 15 seconds from your file for the free preview; shorter files use their full length. Free previews are subject to daily personal and site-budget limits. Unused purchases remain valid for 12 months without renewal. Minute-pack processing is charged to the next whole second, not the next whole minute. A preview is not the full export.
Confirmed technical processing failures restore the reserved entitlement without extending its original expiry. If Single Video audio processing succeeds but local video assembly fails, retry assembly with the same original file and existing audio result within its 24-hour availability window, without another AI job. The original video cannot automatically follow you to another device. Completely unused purchases may be refunded within seven calendar days; quality varies, so judge the preview before buying. See the Terms for the full rules.
No. For MP4 files, the video stays on your device. Your browser extracts the audio and sends only that audio to the processing API.
Yes. Choose a free 15-second section of your own file, once per day and subject to the site-wide daily free budget. Paid minute packs include 30-second previews that do not consume processing minutes. We reuse the same file and preview time range while its result remains available, for up to 24 hours.
Each full file uses its duration rounded up to the next whole second. A 2:12 file uses 2 minutes 12 seconds. You can split a pack across as many files as your minute balance allows; there is no separate export-count limit.
No. Quick Fix and Creator Minutes are one-time purchases with no recurring bill. Both remain available for twelve months.
That is the intended result: identify music, then keep the residual track containing voice, ambience and important effects. Overlapping sounds can still produce artifacts, so your own preview is the honest test.
Yes. Choose Remove for the strongest music reduction, or Reduce to mix a quiet amount of the separated music back under the preserved voice and effects.
Choose MP3 or WAV audio up to 100 MB, or MP4 video up to 500 MB and 10 minutes long.
Not for the free preview. Continue with Google only when you want to purchase, track, and download a full export.
You can open the site and choose a file on mobile, but large media files are more reliable on a current desktop browser.
Result access through this service is available for up to 24 hours. We request 24-hour automatic expiration for audio uploads and generated audio at fal.ai. The provider manages physical deletion; this service does not independently confirm its completion. Download results promptly. We do not keep a server copy of your original video. A completed MP4 may be held only in that browser for up to 24 hours. Clearing site data, closing a private session, browser storage eviction, or using another browser or device can remove the local copy.
START WITH 15 SECONDS
Ready to remove background music from video? Compare a free 15-second section first, and continue only if the voice and important effects still feel right.
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