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Remove Vocals from a Song Online
Remove vocals from a song you already have, including the harmonies, and leave the bass, drums, and chords in place. Hear 30 seconds of that song before you pay.
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What do you want to keep?
- Remove background musicSpeech and other sounds, without the music bed.VoiceMusicOther sounds
- Keep only the vocalsThe singing, with the band gone.VocalsInstrumental
- Current toolRemove the vocalsThe band, with every voice gone.InstrumentalVocals
- Make a karaoke trackThe band and the harmonies, without the lead.Backing trackLead vocal
Have several recordings? Choose them all at once, then sign in to process them in one go.
Up to 2 GBFirst 30 seconds free
- Free 30-second preview
- Files deleted after 24 hours
- Works on your phone
How do I check that the vocals are gone?
Switch between the song and the version without singing on the loudest phrase. The words should drop out. The low end should not.
With vocals
The file as you uploaded it.
Vocals removed
The same passage with the lead and the backing voices taken out.
Why the old ways of removing vocals fall short
Before a model could hear a voice, removing vocals meant a stereo trick or an EQ cut. Both damage the song.
Center-channel cancelling
Flipping one side and adding it to the other deletes whatever sits in the middle, which includes the kick, the bass, and the snare.
An EQ hole
Cutting the vocal range also cuts the guitars and keys that live there, so the track sounds hollow.
A mono record
There are no sides to cancel. The Audacity effect does nothing, and the singing stays.
Drawing it out by hand
Spectral editing works one syllable at a time. A whole song takes hours.
Why remove vocals with EraseNoise
The voice is found by how it sounds, not by whether it was panned to the center.
The bass and drums stay
Nothing is subtracted from the middle. Tools that remove vocals from song mixes by cancelling the center take the kick and bass with them.
Old mono files work
A single-channel recording can lose its singing and still come back as mono.
You hear your file first
The free preview is the upload you care about, so a bad split does not cost you the full song.
When does removing vocals work less well?
Studio songs are the easy case. These are the ones to preview carefully.
A long reverb on the voice
The tail can remain as a shadow after each line.
A concert or a phone video
The crowd singing the hook, and the room around it, leave more of the voice behind.
Someone talking over music
A vlog or a podcast with a bed under the voice is a different job.
How do the ways to remove vocals from a song compare?
Three methods take singing out of a mix. They disagree about what else they remove.
| Compared on | Center cancelling | EQ cut | This page |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it works | Subtracts one side from the other | Cuts the vocal frequencies | Separates the voice by how it sounds |
| Bass and drums | Thinned or gone | Mostly kept | Kept |
| Guitars and keys | Kept if they sit off center | Hollow in the cut range | Kept |
| Mono songs | Does nothing | Works | Works |
| Where | Audacity and most DAWs | Any EQ | In the browser, nothing to install |
If you wanted the singer instead
This download has the singing removed. The isolated vocal, for a remix or a sample, is the acapella extractor.
Acapella extractorWhich files can I remove vocals from?
You can remove vocals from song files saved as audio, up to 2 GB. A studio master beats a recompressed copy.
Common song formats
MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, Opus, and FLAC. The song without vocals downloads as a 44.1 kHz WAV.
A video of the song
This page does not take video. Pull the audio out first with the free extract tool, then remove the vocals.
How do I remove vocals from a song?
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A/B the loudest vocal
Thirty seconds is enough to tell whether the words are gone and the bass is still there.
- 3
Download the song without vocals
The full WAV is deleted 24 hours after you uploaded.
What do people remove vocals for?
Practice over the record
Play or sing the part without the original vocal telling you what to do.
A class or a rehearsal
Use the groove of a song without the lyrics talking over your cues. A public performance still needs a music license.
An edit that cannot have words
A trailer or a slideshow where the sung lyric would clash with the picture.
Is removing the vocals the job?
Use this page when the singing itself is the problem. Other pages keep a different part of the same song.
| Job | Use |
|---|---|
| A song with the singing taken out | Use this page |
| Only the vocals, saved as their own file | Acapella extractor |
| A sing-along track that keeps the harmonies | Karaoke maker |
| Music under a talking voice | Remove background music |
What happens to my song?
The upload and the version without vocals are deleted 24 hours after upload. They are not published as demos.
Frequently asked questions
How do I remove vocals from a song?
Upload the song, play the free 30-second preview with the vocals removed, and download the full song without vocals as a WAV.
Can I remove vocals from a song for free?
The 30-second preview is free and needs no account. Processing the rest of the song uses minutes from a Pro plan or a minute pack.
Why not just use Audacity’s vocal reduction?
Audacity’s Vocal Reduction and Isolation effect cancels the center of a stereo mix, so the bass and drums thin out, and a mono song is unchanged. This page keeps them.
Can I keep the backing vocals and remove only the lead?
Not here. Lead, harmony, and choir are removed together. The karaoke maker removes only the lead singer and keeps the harmonies.
Can I remove vocals from a YouTube video?
From its soundtrack, if you have the rights to that file. Save the audio with the free extract tool, then upload it here. Pasting a link does nothing.
Do I get both the vocal and the instrumental?
No. You get the song with the vocals removed. The vocal by itself is another upload on the acapella extractor, and that full download spends minutes again.
Can I post the song once the vocals are gone?
Removing the singing does not make the underlying song yours. You still need permission to publish or sell it.
How big can the file be?
2 GB. You can run the preview 3 times in 24 hours before you sign in, and 20 times after.