How to Remove Background Noise from Audio and Video [4 Easy Ways]

To remove background noise from a video, you need to use software or online tools designed for audio cleanup. Here are some options you can use:

• To get rid of noise with Adobe^® Audition^®, open your video’s audio in the software. In Audition^®, find a short section that contains only background noise, select it, and go to Effects, Noise Reduction/Restoration, Capture Noise Print. Then press Ctrl+A / Cmd+A to select the entire audio and open Noise Reduction (Process). Adjust the Noise Reduction and Reduce By sliders until the voice sounds natural, apply the changes, export the cleaned audio, and re-sync it with your video in your editor.
• To clean up sound with Movavi Video Editor, import your video into the program, select the clip, and open More Tools, Audio, Noise Removal. Use the Default option with the Noise suppression slider or enable AI Noise Removal to reduce unwanted sounds automatically, then click Apply and export the final video.
• To take out noise with Audacity noise cleaner, export your video’s audio track using any video editor and import it into Audacity via File, Import, Audio. Highlight a portion where only noise is audible, go to Effect, Noise Reduction, Get Noise Profile, then select the full track and reopen Noise Reduction to adjust the settings and apply the effect. Export the cleaned audio and re-attach it to your video.
• To denoise a video with AudioDenoise.com, go to the website and upload your video file by clicking the upload area or dragging the file in. Click Start Noise Reduction to process your audio, then compare the original and cleaned versions. If needed, adjust the denoising settings and click Process again. Download the cleaned audio or video and re-sync it in your editor if necessary.

To remove background noise from a video on Android or iPhone, you’ll need to extract the audio, clean it with a noise-reduction tool, and then attach the cleaned audio back to the video. This requires two steps: processing the audio separately and then recombining it with the video.

To reduce noise using Lexis Audio Editor, first convert or extract your video’s audio into an MP3 or WAV file and open it in the app. Tap the menu icon (three dots), choose Effects, and select Noise Reduction. The background noise removal app will load the noise-reduction tool, where you can use the default settings or manually adjust options like Threshold and Rate to fine-tune the cleanup. When ready, tap Apply to process the audio. While removing the noise you can adjust the percentage of noise reduction to avoid distortion, and then listen to the cleaned audio to make sure the speech remains clear. Save the processed file to your device.

To add the cleaned audio back to your video, open a mobile video editor such as Movavi Clips, import the original video, mute its original audio track, and insert the cleaned audio file. Export the new video with the improved sound quality.

To remove background noise from a recording using Movavi Video Editor, simply open the program and import your audio or video file, then select the track on the timeline and open More Tools, go to Audio, and choose Noise Removal. You can use the standard Noise suppression slider in the Default option or switch to AI Noise Removal to let the software clean the audio automatically. Adjust the noise reduction level until the unwanted background sounds fade while the voice remains natural. Once you’re satisfied with how it sounds, click Apply and then export your cleaned recording.