Use the Photos app to quickly remove sound from a video before you share it with your friends.
What to Know
- Remove audio from videos using the Photos app on your iPhone.
- Get rid of unwanted background noise and add your own soundtrack.
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I recently recorded a video I thought would be cute, but then I rewatched it. My peaceful, agrarian video was ruined by earsplitting background noise! Luckily, I knew how to remove audio from an iPhone video right in the Photos app, so I could still send the video without sound. I'll show you how to do this, just in case you run into the same issue.
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Important: If you're hoping to use this audio-free footage for B-roll in a film or music video, removing audio this way will completely remove the audio track from the clip. That means when you export the video to iMovie or another app, the audio will not be available.
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To remove sound from iPhone videos:
- Open the Photos app.
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- Select the video you'd like to remove sound from.
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- Tap Edit in the top-right corner.
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- Tap the yellow speaker icon in the top-left corner.
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- Tap Done in the bottom-right corner.
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- Your video should now be mute, and you should see a grayed-out speaker icon at the bottom of your screen.
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If you later decide you'd like to get the audio back, never fear. Your iPhone saves the audio, so you can simply repeat this process, turning the audio on instead of off.
