# Remove Audio

> Strip the audio track from a video and keep a silent clip. The picture is copied without re-encoding, so nothing is lost and the node finishes almost at once.

Source: https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/video/remove-audio

The **Remove Audio** node removes the audio track from a video and outputs a silent clip. The picture is copied as it is, without re-encoding, so the node loses no quality and finishes almost instantly. It is the video half of splitting a clip, and [Extract Audio](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/video/extract-audio) is the audio half. The node has no settings.

- Found in: Video › Sound for Video
- Output: video
- API type: `remove-audio`

## When to use it
- Mute a video before you add sound effects or a different soundtrack.
- Make a clean, silent background clip for compositing.
- Drop an unwanted audio track without any loss of picture quality.

## Quick start
### Add the node

Press Tab on the canvas and choose **Video › Sound for Video › Remove Audio**.

### Connect the video

Wire the clip into the **Video** input.

### Run it

Click **Run** on the node. The silent clip appears on the node.

Workflow: The generated sound of a clip is removed, and a new music track takes its place.

- Generate Video → Remove Audio (video)
- Remove Audio → Merge Video & Audio (media)
- Generate Music → Merge Video & Audio (media)

## Inputs
| Input | Accepts | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Video** | Video nodes, such as Generate Video, Upload Video and Combine Videos | The video to mute. Required. |

The output, **Video**, is the same video without its audio track.

## Settings
Remove Audio has no settings.

## Remove Audio or another node?

Several nodes change the sound of a clip. Pick by what you want to end up with:

| You want | Use |
| --- | --- |
| A silent copy of the clip, to use on its own or in a composite | Remove Audio |
| A new soundtrack in place of the old one | [Merge Video & Audio](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/video/merge-video-audio), with **Original Audio** set to **Muted** |
| New music or a voiceover on top of the clip's own sound | Merge Video & Audio, with **Original Audio** on **Keep** |
| Sound effects that follow the action on screen | [Video SFX](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/video/video-sfx), which replaces the clip's own sound |
| The sound without the picture | [Extract Audio](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/video/extract-audio) |

## Tips
- **Replace a soundtrack.** Wire the silent clip and your new sound into [Merge Video & Audio](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/video/merge-video-audio). Merge Video & Audio can also mute the original sound itself, so removing it first is optional.
- **Keep the sound instead.** To keep the audio and drop the picture, use [Extract Audio](https://nodaro.ai/docs/nodes/video/extract-audio).
- **Expect identical quality.** The picture is not re-encoded, so the output has the same quality and codec as the input.
- **Silent input stays silent.** A video without sound comes back unchanged.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Remove Audio reduce the quality of the video?

No. The picture is copied as it is, without re-encoding, so the quality and the codec of the output are identical to the input.

### Do I need Remove Audio before Merge Video & Audio?

No. Merge Video & Audio can mute the video's original sound itself. Remove Audio is useful when you need the silent clip on its own.

### What happens if the video has no sound?

The node returns the video unchanged, as a silent clip.