Utensils
Clear gain- Overall
- 2.01 → 3.28
- Background
- 1.96 → 4.13
- Naturalness
- 1.84 → 4.29
Remove Utensil Noise from Audio for Free
EraseNoise is a background noise remover that lowers the clink of cutlery, plates, and cups behind the voice in an audio or video file. In our real sample, overall quality went from 2.01 to 3.28 out of 5. Play the clinks below, then preview 30 seconds of your own meal recording free.
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How do I check clinking before I pay?
Toggle the cutlery and eating recordings between the original and the cleaned take as they play. Then upload your own file and find a sentence where a fork hit a plate.
In the utensils recording, overall quality went from 2.01 to 3.28, background from 1.96 to 4.13, and naturalness from 1.84 to 4.29. Eating and munching close to the mic are next to it. Scores are DNSMOS and NISQA predictions on a 1–5 scale for real cutlery and related eating recordings from the Microsoft DNS Challenge test set, processed with no hand edits.
Munching
Clear gain- Overall
- 2.62 → 3.39
- Background
- 2.73 → 4.23
- Naturalness
- 2.39 → 4.62
Eating chips
Clear gain- Overall
- 2.24 → 3.12
- Background
- 2.21 → 4.07
- Naturalness
- 1.86 → 3.94
Which utensil sounds can be removed?
Clinks are short and bright. They drop well between words and under a voice that is close to the mic.
Cutlery on plates
A dinner-table conversation or an interview over lunch. The clinks drop and the voices stay.
Hear the recordingA spoon in a mug
Stirring coffee during a podcast or a call. We tested cutlery, not a spoon in a mug; the ting is a similar short clink, so check it in the preview.
Café cups and saucers
Cups in a café are utensil noise too. Chatter at other tables is speech, which is harder.
Read the café audio guideChewing between sentences
Eating close to the mic is a different sound, and it drops too.
Remove chewing noiseWhy remove utensil noise with EraseNoise?
A clink is too short for a noise profile and too frequent to cut by hand. EraseNoise lowers each one.
No clink-by-clink editing
A meal can have hundreds of clinks. Upload once instead of cutting each.
Bright sounds, clear voice
Clinks sit high, like the s and t of a voice. The model keeps the consonants and lowers the metal.
Video stays in sync
Nothing is cut, so a dinner vlog keeps every frame and the lips stay in sync.
What should I listen for once the clinks are gone?
Listen for crisp consonants and a voice that is not dulled.
A clink on a word
A clink that lands on a word can leave a trace. Check one such sentence in the preview.
Dull s and t sounds
If the voice sounds softer than before, turn the Noise reduction control down.
EraseNoise vs other ways to remove utensil noise
Clinks are short and frequent, which rules out some methods.
| Option | Works best when | Falls short when |
|---|---|---|
| EraseNoise | Cutlery clinks all through a meal recording | A loud clink lands on a consonant |
| Audacity Noise Reduction | Rarely: each clink is too short to profile | The noise changes with every clink |
| Cutting in an editor | A few clinks fall in pauses | There are hundreds of them, or the video must stay in sync |
| Re-recording the line | A toast or one key line was covered | The dinner conversation happened once |
Which table and café recordings can I upload?
Upload the dinner, lunch, or café recording as it is, up to 2 GB.
MP3, WAV, M4A, AAC, OGG, Opus, or FLAC
An interview recorded over lunch downloads as WAV.
MP4, MOV, M4V, or WebM
A dinner or café video downloads as MP4 with the same picture.
How to remove utensil noise from audio
- 1
Upload the recording
Choose the audio or video file recorded at the table.
- 2
Compare 30 seconds
Play a line where cutlery hit a plate, original then cleaned, without an account.
- 3
Download the WAV or MP4
Process the whole meal only if the clinks are lower and the consonants still sound crisp.
When do people remove utensil noise from audio?
Food vlogs and mukbang
Talking to the camera while eating. Lower the plates and keep the voice.
Interviews over lunch
A recorded meeting at a restaurant. Clean the cutlery under the answers.
Family dinners on video
A toast or a story recorded at the table. Keep the voice and lose the clatter.
Is utensil noise the real problem?
Use this page for cutlery, plates, and cups. Voices at other tables are speech, which a noise remover keeps.
| Job | Use |
|---|---|
| Cutlery, plates, and cups clinking | Use this utensil page |
| A whole kitchen: pans, fan, and dishes | Remove kitchen noise from audio |
| Chewing or crunching close to the mic | Remove chewing noise from audio |
| Café music | Remove background music |
| Other people talking at the next table | A weak case: their voices are speech too |
| Eating and kitchen sounds with real recordings | Browse the 24 examples |
How long is the meal recording kept?
Your meal recording and its cleaned version are deleted from EraseNoise 24 hours after upload and are never used as public examples, so download it that day.
Frequently asked questions
How do I remove utensil noise from audio?
Upload the recording from the table at the top of the page and play the free 30-second preview next to the original. Download the full file only if the clinks are lower and the voice still sounds natural.
How well does EraseNoise remove cutlery and plates?
On a real recording of cutlery and plates from the Microsoft DNS Challenge test set, EraseNoise raised DNSMOS overall quality from 2.01 to 3.28 out of 5 and the background score from 1.96 to 4.13. NISQA naturalness went from 1.84 to 4.29, so the voice came out clearer, not thinner.
Will EraseNoise remove café chatter too?
Not reliably. Other people talking is speech, and the model keeps speech. Cups and cutlery drop; nearby voices may stay.
Can I clean a food vlog?
Yes. Food vlogs in MP4, MOV, M4V, or WebM are accepted, and the cleaned video is returned as an MP4 with the same footage.
How long does EraseNoise take to clean a meal recording?
Processing time depends on how long the meal recording is: as a guide, a 5-minute video takes 10 to 60 seconds. The free 30-second preview of the meal recording uses no paid minutes, so you can judge it first.
How large can a food vlog be, and how many free previews do I get?
Up to 2 GB per upload. You can play the 30-second preview 3 times a day signed out, 20 times signed in. The full cleanup is billed by the minute, rounded up, minimum 1 minute.
Remove utensil noise from the next recording
Upload one file. Keep the result only if the clinks are lower and the voice is unchanged.
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