Five Audio Cleaner Sites, One Noisy File: What Each One Actually Does
AudioCleaner, VoiceCleaner, CleanAudio, Noise Reducer, and SimpleClean all take a noisy file. Here is what each page offers, and when to use EraseNoise.
These five sites all say they remove background noise from a file you already recorded. They are not five different jobs. Pick by the limit you will actually hit, and by whether the page is only a noise remover or a menu of unrelated tools.
This is not a ranking of whose model sounds better. On November 1, 2026, each homepage was read for what it tells you to upload and what it says you get back. None of these notes come from running the same recording through all five.
Key Takeaways
- AudioCleaner and VoiceCleaner show the same kind of multi-effect panel, a 10 GB line, and a 10-minute guest cap.
- CleanAudio states a 2 GB or 60-minute upload and a 30-second preview before you pay.
- Noise Reducer and SimpleClean also give a free preview and charge for the full download. Read the price on the button before you pay.
- EraseNoise previews 30 seconds free, 3 times a day before sign-in, and returns video as an MP4 with the same picture.
The short version
| Site | What the page is for | Limit printed on the page | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|
| AudioCleaner | Noise removal, plus a large menu of other audio tools | Guest max 10 min, 10 GB, "20+ formats" | Upload panel, no separate 30-second promise in the hero |
| VoiceCleaner | The same kind of noise panel | Guest max 10 min, 10 GB, "20+ formats" | Same style of panel |
| CleanAudio | Noise on audio or video, including wind, echo, traffic, hum | Max 2 GB / 60 min | 30 seconds, no sign-up to try |
| Noise Reducer | Noise on audio or video, plus a browser recorder | Common audio and video formats; no single size cap in the hero | Preview is free; full download is paid |
| SimpleClean | Background and wind noise | Page says it takes audio and video | 30 seconds, no sign-up for the preview |
| EraseNoise | Speech noise in a saved audio or video file | 2 GB. Listed audio and video extensions below | 30 seconds: 3 a day before sign-in, 20 after |
Krisp, Audacity, and Adobe are a different set. They are covered in best audio cleaning software.
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AudioCleaner and VoiceCleaner
AudioCleaner's title is "Background Noise Remover Free Online." VoiceCleaner's is "1-Click Background Noise Remover Free." On November 1, 2026, both upload panels said "Guest max 10 min," "10GB File Limit," and "Supported 20+ Formats." Both listed the same sort of toggles: noise, long silences, wind, mouth sounds, stuttering, music, breath, echo, background audio, reverb, buzz, and static. Both also linked out to a vocal remover, karaoke, a voice changer, and voice cloning.
Use either one only for the noise toggle you understand. A 10 GB ceiling does not help a guest whose file stops at 10 minutes. The other tools in the menu, including anything that downloads from YouTube or clones a voice, are not part of cleaning a recording you made.
The two panels match closely enough that you should not expect a different product because the domain changed. Hear one preview. If the voice is thin, a second domain with the same toggles will not fix that.
CleanAudio
CleanAudio's headline is noise removal for audio and video. The upload hint says MP4, MOV, MP3, WAV, and similar files, max 2 GB or 60 minutes. The page says you can hear a 30-second cleaned preview without signing up or entering a card, and pay only if you want the full download. It names wind, echo, traffic, chatter, humming, and room echo.
That is the same shape of offer as a focused speech cleaner: one file, a short preview, then a paid full result. The 60-minute cap is the number to check against your recording before you upload.
Noise Reducer
Noise Reducer describes itself as a free-to-try remover for wind, traffic, hum, hiss, echo, and chatter, on audio or video, with the picture left untouched. Its FAQ, read on November 1, 2026, says files are deleted within 24 hours, the preview is free, and full downloads start from $0.02 a minute or from $6.99 a week. Use the amount on the download button for your own file, not a number remembered from a different plan.
The page also offers a browser recorder and a vocal or instrumental split. The recorder is a separate job from cleaning a file you already exported. A song split is not noise removal. For a music bed under someone talking, use remove background music and keep the voice.
SimpleClean
SimpleClean's headline is background and wind noise on any audio or video file. It says you can listen to a cleaned preview with no sign-up, and pay only for the full download. The preview length it states is 30 seconds. It also mentions uploading more than one file from a dashboard.
"Any format" is the page's claim, not a format list you can check here. If the file is rejected, convert to WAV or MP4 and try once. Don't keep re-encoding a file that the preview already made worse.
What EraseNoise does with the same file
The background noise remover takes a saved speech recording. Audio can be MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, Opus, FLAC, M4B, or MKA. Video can be MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, or MKV. The limit is 2 GB.
The preview is 30 seconds, free, 3 times in 24 hours before you sign in and 20 times after. The full file is billed in whole minutes, rounded up, at least 1 minute. Audio comes back as WAV. Video comes back as MP4 with the frames unchanged. The upload and the result are deleted after 24 hours.
It does not clean a live microphone, clone a voice, or download a video from a link. A video you already have goes to the video noise remover. If the voice is quiet rather than noisy, read voice enhancer vs noise remover before you stack effects.
What to check before you pay
- Play the preview against the original on headphones. Words first, then the noise.
- Confirm the guest or minute cap covers the whole file, not just the sample.
- On a video, confirm the download still has the picture.
- If the voice sounds robotic or underwater, keep the original and use less reduction. That failure mode is the same across tools: why the voice sounds robotic.
Frequently asked questions
Which of these is actually free?
The previews are the free part. CleanAudio, Noise Reducer, SimpleClean, and EraseNoise each say you can hear a result before paying for the full file. AudioCleaner and VoiceCleaner say the tool is free and then cap guests at 10 minutes. A full download on EraseNoise uses paid minutes.
Do I need an account to hear my own file?
On EraseNoise, no. You get 3 previews in 24 hours before sign-in. CleanAudio and SimpleClean also say the preview does not need an account. The full file is the step that asks you to pay.
Can I use these sites to strip the vocal out of a song?
Not on the noise button. AudioCleaner, VoiceCleaner, and Noise Reducer link to separate vocal tools. A song you want without the singer is remove vocals from a song, not a background-noise pass.