Remove vocals from audio and video in one click
Instantly remove vocals without complicated editing
A vocal-free soundscape for your creative input
Enhance visuals with unique instrumental overlays
Remove vocals from any song to get a clean, high-quality instrumental track. Our Vocal Remover uses advanced AI technology to detect and separate human vocal frequencies from instrumentals, leaving you with two distinct layers in the editor. Simply mute or delete the vocals to start working with the isolated backing track.
Marketing teams, podcasters, and social media managers can remix trending audio for viral content, create karaoke tracks, or design custom sound beds and jingles. With just one click, vocals are stripped away, placing greater focus on the visuals — perfect for product demos, adverts, and teaser clips. Upload an MP3, MP4, or paste a YouTube link to get started.
Unlimited ways to remix popular songs
Kapwing's Split Audio tool empowers content creators and freelancers of all skill levels to explore new creative possibilities with audio. Pull vocals from any track and pair them with instrumentals of your choice — perfect for musicians producing remixes — or leave them isolated for custom acapella covers and short viral soundbites. Whatever your audio editing needs, Kapwing makes it easy to manipulate, remix, and repurpose sounds.
A cost-effective solution to studio-grade sound design
Pulling a clean, isolated instrumental or vocal track from a song typically requires specialized audio software or outsourcing to professional sound engineers. With our AI Vocal Remover, you can skip the extra costs and steep learning curves.
Remix vocals and background music separately to creatively transform existing tracks without the expense of new songs or high-end audio suites. Rearrange and combine clips, adjust tempo and volume, and create seamless loops to produce unique audio content whenever you need it.
Grow your following with unforgettable audio content
On competitive, high-traffic platforms, you have just three to eight seconds to capture attention, and maintaining engagement requires consistent, high-quality content. Stand out in crowded YouTube niches and fast-paced TikTok feeds by refining and personalizing your audio to better connect with your target audience.
Our online Vocal Remover is part of a comprehensive video and audio editing suite, providing everything you need to fix, enhance, and experiment with sound. With both manual and AI-powered tools designed for marketing, advertising, and social media, you can remove distracting background noise from vlogs and internal videos, cut out unnatural pauses in speech, and add sound effects or music.
Isolate music and transform it for every niche
One button, countless audio projects
Intros & Outros
Vloggers and podcasters know how important high-quality intro and outro jingles are for hooking viewers. That’s why they remove vocals from music to create original remixes that pair perfectly with on-screen elements.
Karaoke Tracks
Song vocals can be too loud and drown singers out during karaoke. Remove the vocals from YouTube videos to isolate the instrumentals in your favorite songs and create high-quality karaoke versions.
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Faceless Videos
Isolate background music and remove vocals to create the perfect audio bed for clear, professional-quality voice overs in faceless videos such as tutorials and explainer videos
Podcast Music Beds
Remove the vocals from licensed music — or Kapwing's library of royalty-free songs — to create recognizable music beds for podcasts, keeping listeners engaged with on-brand audio for every transition and reoccurring segment
Song Remixes
Influencers, musicians, and social media managers use apply the online Vocal Remover to popular songs to create original remixes of trending hits, helping their content stand out in fast-paced feeds
Music E-learning Materials
Online music educators remove vocals from songs to create effective e-learning materials, isolating instrumentals to highlight arrangement and depth for clearer instruction
Advertisements
Creating impactful ads starts with tailored audio. By isolating and remixing music, marketers can craft high-quality, creative soundscapes that capture attention and deliver their message effectively
Audiograms
Marketing professionals and podcasters use our 'ultimate' Vocal Remover to manipulate instrumental components, allowing them to tailor remixes for audiograms and other promotional content
Jingles
Content marketers and brand managers craft custom jingles by isolating instrumental tracks, making sure their video intros, outros, and ad breaks have exciting, unique audio that strengthens brand identity
How to Remove Vocals
- Upload audio or video
Upload an audio or video file to Kapwing, or simply paste a URL — such as a YouTube or Instagram link. Kapwing supports MP3, MP4, and other popular file formats
- Remove vocals
Select the audio file in the timeline and navigate to the audio section of the right-hand toolbar. Press the "Split Vocals" icon to isolate vocals from music. The process will take no longer than a few minutes.
- Edit audio and export
Edit your isolated instrumental and vocal tracks further and then click "Export" in the top right-hand corner.
What's different about Kapwing?
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Vocal Remover tool free?
No, to use Kapwing's online Vocal Remover tool, a Pro Account is required.
Is there a watermark on exports?
If you are using Kapwing on a Free Account, all exports include a small watermark. Once you upgrade to a Pro Account, the watermark is completely removed from everything you create.
How to remove vocals from a song
To remove vocals of a song, upload your track into Kapwing, choose a royalty-free song from our library, or copy & paste a YouTube link into the editor. Next, select the "Split Vocals" icon in the right-hand toolbar. The process of removing vocals from your song will take about a minute. Then, adjust the volume of the isolated instrumental track depending on your needs, export, and download an MP3.
How to create a remix of an instrumental
To create a remix of an instrumental, upload the original music file into Kapwing and isolate the instrumental from the vocals using the "Split Vocals" feature. Once the process is complete, simply delete the vocal track. Then, Kapwing offers a wide variety of tools you can experiment with, including splitting the instrumental into various sections and rearranging them, changing the speed of various segments, looping pieces of audio, and adding sound effects.
How fast is the Vocal Remover tool?
The time required to remove vocals from music tracks depends on the length of the original file. Short clips (10–30 seconds) typically process in under a minute, while full-length tracks may take around 4–5 minutes to complete.
What audio and video formats does Kapwing support?
You can upload a wide range of video and audio file types, including MOV, FLAC, WEBM, WEBP, HEIC, M4A, MKV, WAV, MP4, and MP3. Kapwing supports exporting in MP4, MP3, PNG, and GIF formats, ensuring compatibility with your preferred output.
Can I remove vocals from an MP3?
Yes, you can remove remove vocals from an MP3 with Kapwing by either uploading an MP3 file or copy & pasting an MP3 URL into the editor. Select the audio in the timeline and click the "Split Vocals" icon in the right-hand toolbar to begin the process of removing vocals from your MP3 (this will take a couple of minutes). Once the vocals are isolated from the instrumentals, you can simply delete the vocal track and download your instrumental-only MP3 file.
How to create karaoke tracks by removing vocals
To make a karaoke video using Kapwing, you can upload a video file with music or paste a URL from a platform like YouTube. Then, press the "Split Vocals" button in the right-hand toolbar and the audio will be extracted and separated into two distinct tracks: vocals and instrumentals. Mute or delete the vocal track, auto-generate subtitles to better follow along with lyrics, and then export your video.
How to remove vocals from YouTube videos
You can remove vocals from YouTube videos by pasting a YouTube video URL into the Kapwing editor. After the video loads, navigate to the Audio section of the right-hand toolbar and press the "Split Vocals" button. The splitting process may take 2-5 minutes, depending on the video's length. You'll be left with separate vocal and instrumental tracks, and you can simply mute or delete the vocals and then export your new instrumental video.
Kapwing is free to use for teams of any size. We also offer paid plans with additional features, storage, and support.