Remove Background Noise from Audio

Advanced AI-powered noise removal. Eliminate background noise, hiss, hum, static, wind, and unwanted sounds from any audio. Perfect for cleaning podcast recordings, improving video audio quality, removing noise from interviews, preparing audio for transcription, and creating professional-quality recordings from noisy environments.

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Noise Removal Settings

Configure how you want to remove noise from your audio

Noise type

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Reduction Strength

75%
Gentle (Some noise remains) Aggressive (Maximum removal)

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Noise Removal Features

AI-powered noise removal eliminates background noise, hiss, hum, static, and unwanted sounds. Clean podcast recordings, improve video audio, remove noise from interviews, and prepare crystal-clear audio for transcription.

Advanced artificial intelligence algorithms analyze your audio and identify unwanted noise patterns including background chatter, traffic sounds, HVAC hum, electrical buzz, tape hiss, wind noise, static, and ambient interference.

Machine learning models trained on millions of audio samples can distinguish between desired audio content (voice, music, dialogue) and unwanted noise, removing noise while preserving audio quality.

The AI analyzes frequency spectrums, amplitude patterns, temporal characteristics, and harmonic structures to separate signal from noise, even when noise frequencies overlap with content frequencies.

Works with both audio files and extracted audio from videos. Supports all major formats including MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, AVI, MOV, and more. Eliminates noise without damaging the underlying audio.

Best for:

  • Complex noise patterns
  • Mixed audio content
  • Professional cleaning
  • Difficult recordings

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Higher reduction strength (80-100%) removes more noise but may affect audio quality. Start with 70-75% and adjust based on how aggressive you need the noise removal to be.

General Noise mode automatically detects and removes all types of background noise-traffic, crowd chatter, room ambience, outdoor sounds, and mixed environmental noise. Best for most situations.

Hiss/Static mode specifically targets tape hiss, white noise, pink noise, static sounds, and high-frequency interference common in analog recordings, compressed audio, and low-quality sources.

Hum/Buzz mode removes electrical hum (50Hz/60Hz), AC buzz, power line interference, ground loop hum, and low-frequency electrical noise from recording equipment.

Wind/Rumble mode eliminates wind noise from outdoor recordings, low-frequency rumble, handling noise, and bass-frequency interference that obscures voice or content.

Best for:

  • Targeted noise types
  • Specific problems
  • Better results
  • Optimized processing

💡 Tip

Use General Noise for most recordings. Choose specific noise types when you know the exact noise problem for better, more targeted noise removal results.

Clean podcast recordings captured in noisy environments-home offices with HVAC noise, rooms with traffic sounds, outdoor locations, cafes, co-working spaces, or anywhere ambient noise interferes.

Improve video audio quality by removing background noise from interviews, vlogs, documentaries, educational videos, recorded meetings, video calls, webinars, and screen recordings.

Restore old recordings by removing tape hiss, vinyl crackle, analog static, and age-related audio degradation from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or digitized analog audio.

Prepare audio for transcription by removing background noise that reduces transcription accuracy. GoTranscript and other services deliver better results with clean, noise-free audio.

Best for:

  • Podcast production
  • Video enhancement
  • Audio restoration
  • Transcription prep

💡 Tip

For transcription: use General Noise mode, 75-80% strength, enable Preserve Voice Quality and Enhance Clarity, output in mono for best transcription results.

Professional-grade noise removal that rivals expensive audio software like iZotope RX, Adobe Audition spectral editing, or Audacity advanced noise reduction. Get studio results without complex software.

Advanced frequency separation removes noise across the entire spectrum (20Hz-20kHz) while preserving the full range of voice, music, and desired audio content without introducing artifacts or digital distortion.

Optional clarity enhancement adds post-processing to make cleaned audio more intelligible and crisp, perfect for voice-focused applications like podcasts, interviews, audiobooks, and educational content.

The noise removal process preserves dynamics, tonal balance, and audio nuances. Your cleaned audio sounds natural and professional, not hollow, robotic, or over-processed.

Best for:

  • Professional work
  • Broadcast quality
  • High-end production
  • Critical listening

💡 Tip

Enable "Preserve Voice Quality" when cleaning speech/dialogue. Enable "Enhance Clarity" for additional intelligibility boost after noise removal.

Reduction strength slider (0-100%) controls how aggressively the algorithm removes noise. Lower values preserve more natural ambience, higher values maximize noise elimination.

Gentle reduction (25-45%) removes obvious noise while keeping subtle environmental character. Good for audio where you want natural room tone with cleaner content.

Moderate reduction (50-75%) provides balanced results, removing most background noise while preserving audio naturalness. Recommended for podcasts, interviews, and video dialogue.

Aggressive reduction (80-100%) achieves maximum noise removal, eliminating virtually all background interference. Perfect for extremely noisy environments, transcription prep, or when noise is very loud.

Best for:

  • Fine-tuning results
  • Different noise levels
  • Creative control
  • Optimized output

💡 Tip

Start with 70-75% strength and preview results. If voice sounds damaged or hollow, reduce strength. If noise remains, increase strength gradually until acceptable.

Voice preservation protects speech frequencies (85-255Hz fundamental, 2-4kHz formants) during noise removal, ensuring voice remains natural, clear, and undamaged even with aggressive noise reduction.

Particularly important when noise frequencies overlap with voice frequencies-common in recordings with loud background chatter, music, or complex environmental noise.

The AI identifies voice-specific patterns and harmonic structures, applying noise reduction more carefully in voice-critical frequency ranges while aggressively removing noise in non-voice ranges.

Recommended for all speech-focused applications: podcasts, interviews, meetings, lectures, audiobooks, voice-overs, educational content, and transcription preparation.

Best for:

  • Speech recordings
  • Podcast audio
  • Interview cleanup
  • Voice preservation

💡 Tip

Always enable Preserve Voice Quality for speech/dialogue. Disable it only for instrumental music or non-voice audio where voice protection is not needed.

Clarity enhancement applies subtle EQ, presence boost, and intelligibility processing after noise removal, making cleaned audio sound crisp, clear, and easier to understand.

Compensates for slight muffling that can occur with aggressive noise reduction. Boosts speech-critical frequencies (2-4kHz range) where consonants and vocal clarity live.

Particularly effective for podcast mastering, interview enhancement, lecture recordings, audiobook production, and transcription-ready audio where intelligibility is paramount.

The enhancement is subtle and natural-sounding-not harsh or over-processed. It adds polish and professional quality to noise-reduced audio without introducing artifacts.

Best for:

  • Speech intelligibility
  • Podcast mastering
  • Professional polish
  • Voice-focused audio

💡 Tip

Enable Enhance Clarity for speech content, especially after aggressive noise reduction. Preview first-sometimes noise removal alone is sufficient without enhancement.

Process audio files: MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, ALAC, AIFF, OPUS, and more. Any audio format can be cleaned and processed for noise removal.

Extract and clean audio from video files: MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MPEG, M4V, 3GP. Perfect for cleaning video interviews, vlogs, webinars, or screen recordings.

Output in your choice of format: maintain original format, convert to mono for smaller files and voice-focused applications, or stereo to preserve spatial audio and music qualities.

Files up to 500MB are supported, accommodating everything from short voice memos to full-length songs, podcast episodes, video interviews, conference recordings, and lectures.

Best for:

  • Format flexibility
  • Video audio
  • Any source
  • Multiple outputs

💡 Tip

Use mono output for speech and dialogue to reduce file size and improve clarity. Use stereo for music or spatial audio where channel separation matters.

Noise-free audio delivers dramatically better transcription accuracy from both AI and human transcription services. Background noise reduces transcription accuracy by 20-50% or more.

By removing background interference, transcription algorithms (or human transcribers) can focus entirely on speech, correctly identifying words, punctuation, speaker changes, and subtle audio details.

GoTranscript and other professional transcription services specifically recommend clean, noise-free audio. Noise removal ensures your audio meets professional transcription standards.

Enable both noise reduction and clarity enhancement, use General Noise mode for comprehensive cleaning, preserve voice quality, and output in mono format for optimal transcription-ready audio.

Best for:

  • Interview transcription
  • Meeting recordings
  • Lecture transcripts
  • Subtitle creation

💡 Tip

For transcription: use General Noise mode, 75-85% strength, enable Preserve Voice Quality and Enhance Clarity, output in mono, then submit to GoTranscript.

Noise removal typically completes in 2-5 minutes for most audio files. Small files (under 50MB) process in 1-2 minutes. Large files (200-500MB) take 5-10 minutes.

AI processing requires more computation than simple filtering, but our optimized algorithms balance speed with quality for practical processing times in real-world workflows.

Real-time progress tracking shows exactly what's happening: AI initialization, noise pattern analysis, frequency identification, noise removal processing, clarity enhancement, and finalization.

Processing stages provide transparency and accurate time estimates so you know when your clean audio will be ready for preview, download, and use in your projects.

Best for:

  • Efficient workflow
  • Multiple files
  • Time-sensitive work
  • Quick turnaround

💡 Tip

Processing time increases with file duration and reduction strength. For fastest results, trim audio to only the section you need cleaned before uploading.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about AI noise removal and audio cleaning

AI noise removal uses machine learning algorithms trained on millions of audio samples to distinguish between desired audio content (voice, music, dialogue) and unwanted background noise. The AI analyzes frequency patterns, amplitude characteristics, and temporal features to identify noise signatures like hiss, hum, traffic, chatter, or ambient sounds. It then removes noise while preserving the underlying audio quality. You control reduction strength from gentle (some noise remains) to aggressive (maximum removal).
The tool removes virtually all types of background noise: traffic sounds, crowd chatter, ambient room noise, HVAC/air conditioning hum, electrical buzz (50Hz/60Hz), tape hiss and static, wind noise from outdoor recordings, low-frequency rumble, keyboard and mouse clicks, paper rustling, equipment noise, power line interference, ground loop hum, white noise, pink noise, and general environmental interference. Choose specific noise types (Hiss/Static, Hum/Buzz, Wind/Rumble) for targeted removal or General Noise for automatic detection.
Upload your audio file, select "General Noise" mode (automatically detects all noise types), set reduction strength to 70-80%, enable "Preserve Voice Quality" if the audio contains speech, enable "Enhance Clarity" for additional polish, and click "Remove Noise". The AI will analyze your audio, identify noise patterns, and remove background interference while preserving your voice or content. Preview the result and adjust strength if needed-higher for more removal, lower for more natural sound.
Noise removal has many applications: clean podcast recordings made in noisy environments, improve video audio quality for YouTube or social media, remove background noise from interviews and meetings, restore old recordings by eliminating tape hiss and analog noise, prepare audio for transcription (dramatically improves accuracy), enhance voice-overs and narration, clean educational videos and lectures, improve audio from video calls and webinars, remove HVAC noise from home recordings, and create professional-quality audio from challenging acoustic environments.
Upload your podcast file, select "General Noise" mode, set reduction strength to 70-75% for balanced cleaning, enable both "Preserve Voice Quality" and "Enhance Clarity", choose mono output, and process. This removes ambient noise (HVAC, traffic, room tone), background sounds, and interference while preserving host and guest voices naturally. The result sounds professional even from home recordings. If noise is severe, increase strength to 80-85%. If voices sound hollow, reduce strength slightly.
Strength depends on noise level and use case: 25-45% for gentle cleaning with natural room tone, 50-75% for balanced noise removal (recommended for most podcasts and videos), 80-95% for aggressive removal in very noisy environments or transcription prep, and 60-75% for video audio and interviews. Start with 70% and adjust-increase if noise remains, decrease if audio sounds damaged or hollow. Very loud background noise requires 85-95% for acceptable results.
The AI is designed to preserve voice quality while removing noise. At moderate strengths (50-80%), voice remains natural with minimal artifacts. At very high strengths (90-100%), some subtle voice characteristics may be reduced, but intelligibility stays high. The "Preserve Voice Quality" option protects voice frequencies during removal, preventing damage even with aggressive settings. The "Enhance Clarity" option compensates for any slight muffling. For speech, always enable voice preservation-it maintains natural voice tone throughout the cleaning process.
Upload your audio, select "Hiss/Static" mode (specifically targets high-frequency noise), set reduction strength to 75-85%, enable voice preservation if applicable, and process. This mode focuses on tape hiss, white noise, pink noise, static, and high-frequency interference common in analog recordings, cassette transfers, or compressed digital audio. The targeted approach removes hiss more effectively than general noise removal while preserving audio quality. Results work excellently for digitized cassettes, old recordings, and low-bitrate files.
Upload your audio, select "Hum/Buzz" mode (specifically targets low-frequency electrical interference), set reduction strength to 70-80%, and process. This mode removes 50Hz/60Hz hum, AC buzz, power line interference, ground loop hum, and electrical noise from recording equipment or power systems. Perfect for studio recordings with ground loop issues, field recordings near power lines, or audio captured with equipment introducing electrical interference. The focused approach eliminates hum without affecting voice or music quality.
Upload your audio, select "Wind/Rumble" mode (specifically targets low-frequency interference), set reduction strength to 80-90% (wind noise often requires aggressive removal), enable voice preservation if applicable, and process. This removes wind noise from outdoor recordings, handling noise, microphone pop/plosives, and low-frequency rumble. Perfect for outdoor interviews, field recordings, travel vlogs, or any audio captured in windy conditions. Wind noise is notoriously difficult-our AI handles it effectively while preserving voice intelligibility.
Absolutely! Upload any video file (MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, etc.), and the tool automatically extracts the audio track and removes noise. This is perfect for improving YouTube videos, cleaning interview videos, enhancing vlog audio, removing background noise from educational videos, improving webinar recordings, or preparing video content for professional presentation. The cleaned audio maintains sync with your video. Choose settings appropriate for your content-speech or music-and download the noise-free result.
For optimal transcription: upload your audio/video, select "General Noise" mode, set reduction strength to 75-85%, enable both "Preserve Voice Quality" and "Enhance Clarity", choose mono output, and process. This creates crystal-clear audio that dramatically improves transcription accuracy from GoTranscript and other services. Background noise reduces transcription accuracy by 20-50%-removing it ensures transcription algorithms focus entirely on speech. Transcription services specifically recommend clean audio for best results.
General Noise automatically detects and removes all types of background noise-best for most situations with mixed interference. Hiss/Static specifically targets high-frequency noise like tape hiss, white noise, and static-best for analog recordings or compressed audio. Hum/Buzz specifically targets electrical interference like 50Hz/60Hz hum, AC buzz, and power line noise-best for ground loop issues. Wind/Rumble specifically targets low-frequency interference like wind noise and rumble-best for outdoor recordings. Choose specific types when you know the exact problem for optimized results.
Enable "Preserve Voice Quality" for any audio containing speech or dialogue-podcasts, interviews, meetings, lectures, voice-overs, educational videos, or transcription prep. This protects voice frequencies (85-255Hz fundamental, 2-4kHz formants) during noise removal, ensuring voice stays natural even with aggressive reduction. Disable it only for instrumental music or non-voice audio where voice protection isn't needed. For speech content, voice preservation is essential-it prevents the hollow or robotic sound that aggressive noise removal can sometimes create.
Enable "Enhance Clarity" for speech-focused content where intelligibility matters-podcasts, interviews, lectures, audiobooks, transcription audio, or educational videos. It applies subtle EQ and presence boost after noise removal, making audio crisp and clear. This compensates for any slight muffling from aggressive noise reduction. Disable it for music where you want the natural sound without additional processing, or if the noise-removed audio already sounds perfectly clear. Preview both ways to decide-clarity enhancement is subtle but effective.
Yes, the AI can remove noise even from poor-quality recordings, but results depend on how degraded the audio is. The tool handles compressed MP3s, cassette transfers, low-bitrate files, phone recordings, and other challenging sources effectively. If audio is extremely degraded (very low bitrate, severe compression, major corruption), results may be limited. The original must contain discernible content-if audio is entirely noise or severely damaged, recovery isn't possible. For most real-world low-quality audio, expect significant improvement even from challenging sources.
Processing time depends on file size and duration: small files (under 50MB or 5 minutes) take 1-2 minutes, medium files (50-200MB or 5-20 minutes) take 3-5 minutes, and large files (200-500MB or 20-60 minutes) take 5-10 minutes. AI noise removal requires more computation than simple filtering, but optimized algorithms provide practical processing times. Real-time progress shows stages: AI initialization, noise pattern analysis, frequency identification, noise removal, clarity enhancement, and finalization. You'll know exactly when your clean audio is ready.
All major audio formats: MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, ALAC, AIFF, OPUS, and more. Video formats are also supported (audio is extracted): MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MPEG, M4V, 3GP. Upload files up to 500MB. Output can be in original format, mono (smaller files, voice-focused), or stereo (music and spatial audio). The tool automatically handles any format. For speech content, mono output is recommended-reduces file size and optimizes clarity.
Yes! The "General Noise" mode automatically detects and removes multiple types of noise simultaneously-traffic + HVAC + chatter, hiss + hum + wind, or any combination of background interference. The AI analyzes the entire frequency spectrum and identifies all noise patterns, removing them together while preserving your content. You don't need to process multiple times for different noise types. General Noise handles complex, mixed interference in one pass. Use specific noise types only when you have a single, well-defined noise problem.
Upload your video file, select "General Noise" mode, set reduction strength to 70-80%, enable "Preserve Voice Quality" for dialogue-based videos, enable "Enhance Clarity" for additional polish, and process. This removes background noise, ambient sounds, and interference while improving overall audio quality. Perfect for YouTube videos, vlogs, interviews, educational content, webinars, or any video where audio quality matters. The cleaned audio dramatically improves perceived professionalism and viewer experience. Download and replace your video's audio track for a polished result.
Use mono for: spoken content (podcasts, interviews, lectures, voice-overs), transcription preparation, dialogue-heavy videos, or when you want smaller file sizes and improved clarity. Use stereo for: music content, videos where spatial audio matters, recordings where left/right channel separation is important, or when original stereo characteristics should be preserved. Use original format to maintain whatever the input was. For speech-focused applications, mono is strongly recommended-it reduces file size, improves intelligibility, and focuses on voice clarity rather than spatial positioning.
Noise removal is designed for background noise (hiss, hum, traffic, ambient sounds) rather than distinct sounds like music. For removing background music while keeping voice, use the Voice Isolation tool instead-it specifically separates voice from music and other distinct sounds. Noise removal handles interference-type noise. Voice isolation handles separation of distinct audio sources. If your audio has both background music and noise, use voice isolation first (removes music), then noise removal (cleans the isolated voice). Different problems require different tools.
Upload your digitized cassette recording, select "Hiss/Static" mode (tape hiss is the primary issue), set reduction strength to 75-85%, and process. This removes the characteristic tape hiss, analog static, and age-related noise from cassette recordings while preserving the underlying music or voice. For very old or degraded tapes, increase strength to 85-90%. You can also use General Noise mode if the recording has multiple types of noise beyond hiss. AI noise removal is excellent for audio restoration and digitization projects.
Yes, but with limitations. If your voice/content is audible above the background noise (even if barely), noise removal can significantly clean the audio. Use "General Noise" mode, high reduction strength (85-95%), enable voice preservation, and enhance clarity. If background noise is louder than the voice (voice completely drowned out), recovery is limited-the tool can reduce noise but can't recreate inaudible content. For best results, ensure your original recording has voice louder than background, even if the environment was noisy. Prevention is better than correction.
Try these adjustments: 1) Increase reduction strength if noise remains, 2) Decrease strength if content sounds hollow or damaged, 3) Try a different noise type (General vs Hiss vs Hum vs Wind), 4) Enable voice preservation if not already enabled, 5) Enable clarity enhancement for additional post-processing. If results remain poor, the audio may have extremely unusual noise patterns, noise frequencies that completely overlap with content frequencies, or the content may be too quiet relative to noise. In extreme cases, consider professional transcription services like GoTranscript that handle noisy audio.
The tool removes noise-it doesn't change copyright or usage rights. You can use your own recordings however you wish. If you clean audio from copyrighted content you don't own, the same copyright restrictions apply to the cleaned output. Removing noise from your podcasts, videos, interviews, presentations, or original content is perfectly fine for commercial use. For third-party content, respect copyright laws regardless of technical capabilities. The noise removal process is just cleaning; rights remain with the original copyright holder.