Extract audio from video MP4 to MP3, free
Drop a video in and this video-to-MP3 converter pulls the audio out: free, no account, no watermark.
Works on MP4, MOV, MKV and WEBM, up to an hour: one upload box for every format, nothing to install first. Prefer to see it done first? Watch the 30-second video of the whole process.
By Sam Ridder · Last updated: October 2026
No account. No watermark. Free for files up to 120 MB and up to 60 minutes of audio; both limits apply.
This is how to extract audio from video without installing anything: you work in the browser tab and the extraction runs on our server. Uploading a video online is the only step: as an audio extractor from video online it works the same on a phone as on a laptop, every upload comes back as the same high-quality MP3, and you can extract audio from video free online on any device. Whether your video has dialogue or a music bed, it's the fastest way to extract music from video without opening an editor, and it works just as well as a plain audio extractor for speech.
What goes wrong when people upload video
Across the site, 31 uploads in the 40 days we measured were rejected with "that doesn't look like an audio or video file": usually a photo, a PDF or a screenshot dropped into the box by mistake rather than an unsupported video format. That's the single most common reason an upload gets turned away before extraction even starts, ahead of any complaint about the audio quality that comes back. Once a file is accepted, most jobs finish cleanly, but not every one does: 156 uploads across the site failed during processing itself in the same period, separate from the ones rejected outright before they even reached the extractor. We can't guarantee every file works: some video containers pack audio in ways this tool can't read, and a corrupted export from another app can fail no matter what we do, but a plain MP4, MOV or MKV straight off a phone or camera is exactly what it was built for, and that's the overwhelming majority of what comes through.
What comes back
One MP3 with the sound from your video and nothing else: think of it as a video audio extractor free of watermarks, where the audio extract is a single file, never a zip. It plays in the box above before you download it, so you can hear that you got the right file.
- MP3, high-quality VBR (around 175 kbps on average): good enough to listen to and good enough to work with
- No sign-up, no e-mail, no cap on how many you do
- No watermark and no spoken "converted by" over your audio
- Your video is deleted the moment the MP3 appears
Voice in the clip hard to hear once it's out? CleanGrab's free audio enhancer pulls background noise, hum and hiss down, and takes the video file itself too, so it doubles as a video audio enhancer.
How to get the audio out of a video
- Drop your video in the box above, or click it and pick the file.
- Wait a few seconds: an hour of video takes about half a minute.
- Play it back to check, then download the MP3.
- Want more than the plain audio? The links under the result split it into vocals and instrumental, or turn the speech into text.
In an editor you would export audio from video through a render dialog; here the upload and the download replace that whole step.
The same three steps are how to pull audio from video on a phone and how to turn video into audio for a podcast. There is no export dialog: downloading the MP3 is how you save audio from video here, and an extract audio from video online free job looks the same on every device.
On a phone: iPhone and Android
There is nothing to install on either. On an iPhone, tap the box, choose Photo Library for a clip you filmed or Browse for a file in Files; the MP3 lands in Downloads and you can move it into Files or share it straight into another app. On Android it's the same flow through the file picker. Note that iPhones record in HEVC/MOV: that's fine here, the sound comes out the same way. On a desktop, drag the file onto the box or click it to add video from a folder.
Why we don't take a YouTube link
Plenty of other sites promise to pull audio straight from a YouTube link. We don't, on purpose: pulling a file off someone else's server is a different thing from converting a file you already have, and it's the part that gets those sites taken down. Bring a video you filmed, recorded, bought or own the rights to and everything here works. If the audio is a song and you want the parts out of it, that's what the rest of StemGrab is for.
One more practical difference: because your file never leaves your control except for the few seconds it takes to convert, there's no queue, no daily limit and nothing to sign up for. Before you use any audio extractor website, check that it deletes your upload; here the video is deleted the moment the MP3 has been sent back.
So how to extract audio from YouTube video files? Download the clip first with a tool you're allowed to use, then drop that saved file in here. That goes for one clip or several: to extract audio from YouTube videos in a row, upload them one at a time. A YouTube audio extract from a link alone won't work, because for the YouTube video audio you need the file; we don't download video from other sites or extract YouTube video files for you, and an extract audio from video link on its own does nothing here. Your own uploads are the easy case: download the original from YouTube Studio, then drop that file in here. Before you make an audio extract from YouTube videos that belong to someone else, get their permission to save or convert the file.
What to do with the MP3 afterwards
Getting the audio out is usually step one. From the same file you can take the vocals out to get a backing track, keep only the voice, read its key and BPM, or move it up or down in pitch. If your video has background music mixed under your own voice, remove the music and keep your narration. If it's someone talking rather than music: a lecture, an interview, a meeting recording, ScribeGrab writes it out as text with timestamps.
To lose the music and keep a voice, that's a different, more targeted job. See remove background music from video for it, the tool to remove BG music from video while keeping the narration. This page pulls the whole soundtrack out as it is, music and voice together. To extract vocals from audio afterwards, run the MP3 through the vocal remover or acapella extractor; that's also the route for a concert clip you want cleaner. To change the key or pitch afterwards, the audio pitch changer takes the MP3. Want text from video instead of sound: to extract text from video, or a transcript from video of a lecture or meeting? For text, upload the video to ScribeGrab and it writes the speech out as a transcript with timestamps; it can extract text video by video. The MP3 holds the whole soundtrack of any clip you upload, so a music extractor that splits the voice from the music comes second: run the MP3 through the vocal remover or the acapella extractor.
Related: Cut a Piece Out of Any Audio File: Free MP3 Cutter, No Signup, Silence remover, Lyric video maker.
Keeping the video, and other formats
Many people just want to take audio from video shot on a phone. The picture is discarded and only the sound comes back, as one MP3 audio file. The original clip on your device is never touched, so to separate audio from video you simply end up with both pieces: the video where it already was, and the MP3. That's how to separate audio from video without an editor. Detach audio from video and you end up with two files you keep, the video and the MP3. To separate audio and video this way takes one upload. It isn't a splitter that cuts the clip into parts; it is only there to split audio from picture. It doesn't re-encode or replace the footage; it only reads from it. That's also how to remove audio from video in the sense of getting a sound-only copy, though it won't mute the original clip for you.
A few typical cases. A screen recording saved as MKV goes through like any other video, so an MKV audio extract needs no extra step. To extract audio files from several videos, upload them one at a time. If you only want to save video as audio file, the MP3 is that file and the video stays where it was. And to get music from video you filmed yourself, just upload the clip: the song comes back as it plays.
Read more
Most video formats work: MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM and AVI, including the HEVC/MOV files iPhones record. An MKV sometimes packs audio in less common codecs, and that usually works too; phone recordings, screen recordings and camera footage all go through the same way, and even an old flash video to MP3 conversion works if you have the file. If you only want a different audio format, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC or OGG go in as well and come back as MP3. To extract audio from video file uploads, MP4 is the most common: an MP4 extract audio job is just an MP4 dropped in the box, and to get audio from MP4 clips in portrait or landscape makes no difference. As an MP4 audio extractor it lets you extract audio from MP4 free of any account, and a full hour of footage takes about half a minute. Already-audio files work too: if you upload MP3 files or try to extract audio from MP3, the box simply re-encodes them. Whichever format goes in, the MP3 extractor from video gives one file back, and to extract MP3 from MP4 or MOV takes the same few seconds. If you were looking up how to convert video into MP3, this is it: convert video to MP3 by dropping the file into the box above. Files can be up to about 120 MB and an hour long; for a longer recording, split it first in a video editor.
It's a sound extractor for whatever is on the file, so you can extract sounds from video clips with dialogue, music or both, grab audio from a clip to reuse, or extract song audio from a music video with the key, tempo and mix intact. As an audio ripper from video it needs no ripping software: to rip MP3 from video you only upload. Whether you call it a video extract or audio extraction, it's video in, MP3 out, and people extract video soundtracks this way for podcasts all the time. Need just part of the soundtrack, say for a ringtone? Extract the audio here, then clip audio down to the part you want with the audio cutter. The audio cutter also works directly on a file that's already audio, with no extraction step.
What this page doesn't do
It doesn't mute a video or add a new soundtrack to one; it only pulls the sound out as a separate file. It doesn't download audio from video sites or save video either; it converts a file you already have. Looking for a still frame rather than the sound? ConvertNinja's video thumbnail generator grabs any single frame as an image. The cap is about 120 MB and an hour, so a longer recording needs splitting in a video editor first; run each part through this audio extraction tool and join the MP3s with the audio joiner.
Sources
- MP4 file format - Wikipedia: MP4 is a container format for video and audio
Common questions
How do I extract audio from a video?
Drop your file into the box above and download the MP3 that appears a few seconds later; that's the whole answer to how do I extract audio from a video, with no software and no account. It works the same whether you want to get audio from video for a podcast clip, rip audio from video you filmed, or turn video into audio for a voice memo.
Is it really free, with no limit?
Yes: no account, no e-mail, no daily cap and no watermark. The only limit is a file up to about 120 MB and an hour long, because that's what fits through in one go. A free extract audio from video job gets the same quality as anything on the paid tier: it's an audio extractor free of watermarks, and this audio extractor from video free of charge has no paywall on the number of conversions. As an online audio extractor it lets you extract audio online as often as you like.
What formats can I put in?
MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM and AVI on the video side, and M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC or OGG if you just want a different audio format. You always get an MP3 back; as a video to audio converter it doesn't convert audio to MP4.
Does the quality drop?
A little, unavoidably: video audio is already compressed, and MP3 compresses again. We encode at high-quality VBR (around 175 kbps on average), which nobody hears the difference on. If you need it lossless, this isn't the tool.
Can I do it on my iPhone or Android phone?
Yes. In Safari or Chrome, tap the upload box, pick the clip from your photo library or Files (or the file picker on Android), and download the MP3 when it appears: nothing to install from an app store. An extract audio from video Android job works through the file picker, and it's an audio extractor online, not an app.
Can I paste a YouTube link?
No, and that's deliberate. See the section above. Upload a file you already have instead.
My video has no sound at all: what now?
You'll get a plain message saying so instead of an empty MP3. That usually means the recording was muted, or the app that made it saved a video-only file.
How is this different from doing it in CapCut, DaVinci Resolve or Biteable?
Those are video editors with audio extraction as one feature among many: you install an app or open a project and export. This page is nothing but that one step. Drop a file in, get an MP3 back. If you searched for biteable extract audio from video, it's the same answer: no editor to learn.
Can I extract audio from a DVD?
Not directly from the disc: rip it to MP4 first with your usual software, then drop that file in here and the sound comes out the normal way, as a clean MP3.
How do I extract voice from video without the music?
Pull the soundtrack out here first, then run the MP3 through the vocal remover or the acapella extractor to keep just the voice. If the music is only a quiet bed under your narration, the remove background music from video page does it in one step.
How to save a video as an audio file on a phone?
Open the page in your phone's browser, tap the box and pick the clip from your photo library or Files, then download the MP3. The original video stays where it was, so you keep both files.
Is my upload stored?
No. Your video is deleted the moment the MP3 has been sent back. Nothing is shared or used to train anything. See privacy.
How do I extract sound from a video file?
Upload the video file in the box above and download the MP3 a few seconds later. To extract sound from video clips this way you need no editor: the MP3 holds the whole soundtrack, voice and music together. As a free audio extractor online it takes MP4, MOV, MKV, WEBM and AVI, up to about 120 MB and an hour.
Can I use it to remove or mute the sound in a video?
No. It does not mute a video or add a new soundtrack to one. It only pulls the sound out as a separate file, and you always get an MP3 back. If all you need is the sound from video you shot yourself, upload the clip and download the MP3; there is nothing else to set.
Is there a way to rip the sound from a video online?
Yes. Drop the video in and download the audio track as an MP3; no separate ripping software needed.
Can I do it on my iPhone?
Yes. Tap the upload box, pick the clip from your photo library or Files, and download the MP3 when it appears: nothing to install.
My video has no sound at all: what now?
You'll get a plain message saying so instead of an empty MP3. That usually means the recording was muted, or the app that made it saved a video-only file.
Is there a way to do this without special software?
Upload the video file above and the download comes back as an MP3 a few seconds later: no software to install, and no YouTube link needed since that's the one thing this doesn't do.
How do I extract audio from an iPhone video?
Tap the upload box in StemGrab, choose your iPhone video from the photo library or Files, and download the MP3. iPhone videos in HEVC/MOV format work fine: StemGrab gives you a plain MP3 back.
Is this the same as Biteable's audio extractor?
No, though it does the same basic job. Biteable is a video editor with this as one feature among many; this page is nothing but that one step. Drop a file in, get an MP3 back, no editor to learn. If you search biteable extract audio from video specifically, same answer: this page skips the editor and just does the one step.
Is this a video to audio converter, not just an MP3 export?
Yes: this video to audio converter reads the audio straight out of the video file and hands it back as MP3, free, no account, no watermark.
Does extract audio from video iphone work through Safari, or does it need an app?
Safari (or Chrome) is enough. Tap the upload box, pick the clip from Photo Library or Files, and the MP3 downloads straight to the phone.
Does extract audio from video android need a separate app from the Play Store?
No: the same page works in Chrome on Android through the file picker, with nothing to install from the Play Store.
How do I extract audio from video davinci resolve style, without opening an editor?
Unlike DaVinci Resolve, this needs no timeline or export settings. Drop the video in and the MP3 downloads a few seconds later.
Is extract audio from video capcut mobile easier than doing it here?
Not easier, just different: CapCut needs the app installed and a project opened; this page only needs the video file and gives back a plain MP3.
How do I extract audio from a video, in the fewest steps?
Drop your file into the box above: that's the whole answer to how do I extract audio from a video: no separate steps, no software. It works the same way whether you call it a video extract, an online extract audio from video job, or you just want to extract sounds from video in general: video in, MP3 out, in a few seconds.
Can I extract audio from dvd?
Not directly from the disc: rip it to MP4 first with your usual ripping software, then drop that file in here and the sound comes out the normal way, as a clean MP3.