Roundup

Silence removers and auto-cut tools for video, compared

Updated 2026-11-03 · by the mouzeclick team

The best silence remover depends on where you finish the edit. Inside Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, a plugin such as AutoCut or FireCut cuts straight on the timeline. TimeBolt and Recut are standalone apps that hand your editor an XML. Gling and Descript cut talking-head footage from a transcript. We make mouzeclick, and its Premiere Pro Silence tab is reviewed here too.

Checked on 3 November 2026. Competitor prices are copied as each maker's page showed them, with the $ sign.
Plugins that cut inside the editor: AutoCut (Premiere Pro 2023–2027, Resolve 18.6+) and FireCut (Premiere Pro 2022+, Resolve 20+).
Standalone apps that export XML: Recut ($129 once) and TimeBolt ($97/year or $347 once).
Transcript-based tools: Gling and Descript remove silences and filler words from speech.
mouzeclick's Studio Silence tab (we make it) runs inside Premiere Pro on Windows and Mac: −40 dB, pauses from 0.40 s, 0.12 s kept.

How did we pick these silence removers?

We read each maker's own pages on 3 November 2026 and kept only tools whose pages describe removing silence from video or audio. Prices are copied exactly as shown that day. Where a page did not give a figure, we write Not published. We did not time or score the tools against each other, so nothing here ranks speed or accuracy.

We make mouzeclick. Its Premiere Pro Silence tab is one of the nine entries. It is not listed first, and its section is labelled as ours. CapCut and DaVinci Resolve's built-in tools are left out of the table because the pages we read did not publish their silence steps. Our guides to removing silences in CapCut desktop and removing silence in DaVinci Resolve cover those. For editors' opinions rather than spec sheets, our silence remover Reddit summary reads 14 threads.

Which silence remover fits which editor?

Plugins cut inside your timeline. Desktop apps cut a file and hand your editor an XML. Online tools need nothing installed. Checked on 3 November 2026.

Product	Price as shown	Platforms	Host apps / output	Best for
AutoCut	Basic (silence only) $6.6/month, $79 billed yearly; AI Plan $14.9/month, $178.8 billed yearly	Windows, macOS	Plugin in Premiere Pro 2023–2027 and DaVinci Resolve 18.6+ (Free and Studio)	Cutting silence without leaving Premiere or Resolve
FireCut	Not published; 7-day free trial on all plans	Windows, macOS; Resolve version also on Linux	Plugin in Premiere Pro 2022+ and DaVinci Resolve 20+	Fine control: dB, minimum duration, padding, J-cuts
TimeBolt	$17/mo, $97/year or $347 once; free plan with watermark	Mac, Windows	Desktop app; Premiere extension or XML, Resolve, FCPXML, Camtasia, MP4, SRT	Long recordings processed locally
Recut	$129 one-time or $15/month; 3 free edits	Mac, Windows, Linux	Desktop app; exports to Premiere Pro, Resolve, Final Cut Pro, ScreenFlow, CapCut	Paying once and using any editor
Gling	Free; Plus $20/mo ($10/mo paid annually); Pro $40 ($20); Elite $100 ($50)	Desktop; systems not published	Desktop app; XML to Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Resolve on paid plans	Talking-head takes, silences and filler words
Descript	Free plan; Hobbyist shows $24 and $16, Creator $35 and $24 per person/month (which is monthly or annual: not published)	Mac, Windows, web	Its own editor; timeline export via its MCP as Premiere XML, FCPXML, Resolve XML	Editing speech as text
mouzeclick Studio Silence (we make it)	$25 a month, $249 a year, or $499 once for one of the first 100 lifetime keys	Windows 10/11, macOS 12+	Panel inside Premiere Pro	Level-based cuts on every track, with a copy kept
Kapwing Smart Cut	Free to try with a watermark; Pro price not published	Browser	Web editor; exports MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC or MP4	Quick cuts with nothing installed
VEED	Not published; free to try	Online; desktop app not published	Online editor (AI clip generator)	Short social clips with captions

Level-based or transcript-based: what is the difference?

A level-based silence remover cuts wherever the sound stays below a volume threshold for long enough. A transcript-based one turns speech into text first and cuts by words. Level-based cutting needs no speech model, but it can't tell a dramatic pause from dead air or spot a flubbed sentence. Transcript-based cutting can catch repeated takes and filler words, but it depends on clear speech.

Level-based settings you will meet: AutoCut's Silences panel shows a noise threshold (−26 dB in its demo) with Calm, Paced and Energetic. FireCut's Advanced mode exposes a dB threshold, minimum duration and padding. Kapwing says Smart Cut analyses volume levels and timing. TimeBolt scans the waveform at 0.01 second precision. mouzeclick's Silence tab starts at −40 dB.
Transcript-based: Gling transcribes, analyses the text and removes unwanted takes and silences, and says it may not suit videos without speech. Descript edits video by editing its transcript. Adobe says Premiere's Text-Based Editing transcribes on import and builds a rough cut from copied text.
Both: FireCut adds filler-word removal, AutoCut has AutoCut Repeat for repeated takes, and TimeBolt removes silence, filler words and bad takes.

Removing every pause is not always the goal. Our guide to jump cuts covers when a cut should show and when it should breathe.

Is AutoCut the silence remover to use inside Premiere Pro and Resolve?

It is a strong pick if you edit in both Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve and want silence cutting in each. AutoCut runs inside Premiere Pro 2023–2027 and Resolve 18.6, 19, 20 and 21. It works on Windows and macOS, and every feature works in Resolve Free as well as Studio. You don't bounce files between apps.

Basic tier: silence removal only, $6.6/month or $79 billed yearly.
AI Plan: $14.9/month or $178.8 billed yearly. It includes all 10+ of AutoCut's features, among them AutoCaptions (word-by-word, 90+ presets in Advanced), AutoCut Podcast camera switching, AutoZoom, AutoCut Repeat, AutoB-Rolls and AutoChapters.
Enterprise: $19.9/month per licence, billed yearly.
No limit on project length. One licence can be installed on two computers, used on one at a time.

Best for: editors who want one plugin across Premiere and Resolve, starting with the cheap silence-only tier. Our AutoCut alternative comparison goes deeper.

What does FireCut do differently when it removes silence?

FireCut's pages list the most silence settings of the plugins here. It runs inside Premiere Pro 2022+ on Windows or macOS, and inside DaVinci Resolve 20+ (Free and Studio) on Windows, Mac or Linux. It edits your timeline directly, with nothing to upload or export.

Silence: pick a tightness (loose, default or tight) and click "Go!" Advanced mode adds a dB threshold, minimum duration, padding and J-cuts. You can review and exclude single silences.
Filler words: Remove filler words › Analyze audio. Left-click jumps to a word, right-click toggles its deletion. Then cut all or add markers.
Podcasts: Multi-track lets you tag video and audio tracks to speakers, then Analyze.
Internet: needed for features that call AI or transcription. Transcription uses your plan's allowance, and past the quota you can work from an existing subtitle track.

All plans include a 7-day free trial. Prices were not published on the pages we read. Best for: editors who want to tune every threshold, including Resolve users on Linux. See our FireCut alternative page.

Is TimeBolt good for removing silence from long recordings?

Yes, that is its stated job: removing silence, filler words and bad takes from long video and podcast commentary. It is a desktop app for Mac and Windows that edits locally with no cloud upload. TimeBolt says an hour of footage takes 13 seconds to scan.

Prices: $17/mo billed monthly, $97/year, or $347 once for lifetime access with all future updates. Teams cost $97/seat/year.
Free plan: video only, with silence detection. Exports are watermarked, there is no XML/NLE export and projects don't save. There is no free trial, but there is a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Exports: Premiere Pro extension or XML, DaVinci Resolve, FCPXML (including multicam), Camtasia, MP4, clips and SRT.
Licence: one licence on up to 2 machines at once.

Its Resolve guide is a useful starting point for any level-based tool. Set the level between −30 and −40 dB and remove silences longer than 0.2–0.5 s. Keep Ignore detections at 0.75 s to cut random noise, and pad 0.01–0.15 s on the left and 0.12–0.15 s on the right. Then bring the XML in with File › Import › Timeline.

Best for: long recordings you want cut locally, then sent to any editor. Our TimeBolt alternative page compares it with working inside Premiere.

Is Recut worth it as a one-time silence remover?

If you want to pay once, Recut sells a one-time licence: $129 for 1 user, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. There is also a $15/month subscription. An annual option is marked 56% less, but its price is not stated.

Trial: 3 full edits with every feature, no account, no card and no watermark.
Systems: the licence covers one person on Mac, Windows and Linux. Recut started as a Mac-only app and was rewritten in 2022 for Mac and Windows with multi-track support.
Output: exports to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, ScreenFlow and CapCut, plus standard MP4, WAV and M4A files. Recut calls its XML export to your editor non-destructive.

Recut exports to editors; whether it also runs as a Premiere panel is not published. Best for: a one-off purchase that feeds whatever editor you use. See the Recut alternative comparison.

Does Gling remove silence or bad takes?

Both. Gling transcribes spoken footage, analyses the text and removes bad takes, silences and filler words like um and uh. You review the proposed cuts and can restore any take or pause before export. It is desktop-only (the download link is emailed). Which operating systems it supports is not published.

Free: 1 hour of edited media a month. Exports are watermarked, and you can't export to Premiere, Final Cut or Resolve.
Paid, monthly toggle: Plus $20, Pro $40, Elite $100. Annual toggle: $10, $20 and $50 a month, paid annually. Plus covers 10 hours a month and Pro 30, and unused hours don't roll over.
Premiere fit: paid plans export XML to Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Resolve. Multicam and separate-mic workflows are supported only for Resolve or Final Cut export. For Premiere, sync before uploading.

Best for: solo talking-head creators who restart sentences a lot. Read our Gling review for the Premiere details.

Should you cut silence in Descript instead of your editor?

Only if you are happy editing in Descript itself. It is a video and audio editor where you edit by editing text, and it can detect and remove filler words and silences automatically. It runs on Mac, Windows and the web.

Free plan: no credit card and 1 media hour a month. Its pages differ on credits and watermark: the video-editor page says watermark-free, the captions page says with a watermark.
Paid: Hobbyist shows $24 and $16, Creator $35 and $24, Business $50 and $65 per person a month. Which figure is monthly and which annual is not published.
Getting back to Premiere: Descript's MCP page lists timeline export as EDL, AAF, SESX, FCPXML, Premiere XML or DaVinci Resolve XML. The in-app menu path is not published.

Best for: podcasters and interviewers who think in sentences, not clips. Our Descript vs Premiere Pro comparison covers the round trip.

Where mouzeclick fits (we make it)

This section is ours, and so is the product. Studio's Silence tab is a level-based silence remover that runs as a panel inside Premiere Pro, on Windows 10/11 and macOS 12 or newer.

Open mouzeclick Studio from Window › Extensions in Premiere Pro and pick the Silence tab.
Press Analyse. It reads the sound on your computer, draws the waveform and marks each pause.
Check the defaults: quieter than −40 dB, pauses from 0.40 s, with 0.12 s kept around speech.
Untick any pause you want to keep.
Press Remove. It cuts on every track, leaves a music bed alone and keeps a copy of the sequence.

There is no Python to install and no upload. The mouzeclick app needs an internet connection while it runs, because the licence lives in your account.

On Windows you get more. The Premiere Pro workspace's Cut desk adds Silence and Cut, with Dialogue −48, Podcast −44 and Aggressive −38 dB presets and a choice of Remove + ripple or Cuts only. Retakes reads the transcript, strikes through restarted sentences and keeps the last take. Removing um and uh is an option there that starts off. The workspaces, Retakes and captions are Windows-only; the Mac app does not include them.

Where it falls short: it cuts only inside Premiere Pro, and there is no DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut panel. On a Mac it removes neither filler words nor retakes. If you finish in Resolve, AutoCut or FireCut is the better pick. For Final Cut, use TimeBolt or Recut.

It is one plan at $25 a month, $249 a year, or $499 once for one of the first 100 lifetime keys (pricing and plans). The same key puts shortcuts and wheels on any mouse. The trial is 3 days with no card, and every Premiere Pro and After Effects tool works fully. The full walkthrough is our Premiere Pro silence remover guide. Mac users can start with installing mouzeclick on a Mac.

Best for: Premiere Pro editors who want pauses cut on every track without touching the music, and a copy kept.

Can you remove silence from video in the browser?

Yes. Kapwing's Smart Cut runs in the browser with no software to download, and you can adjust its silence threshold to control how hard it cuts.

Upload an audio or video file, or paste a URL. MP3, WAV, M4A and FLAC are accepted.
Select the audio layer and click Smart Cut in the right-hand sidebar. Adjust the threshold if needed.
Edit, then export as MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC or MP4.

It handles recordings up to 2 hours, can batch several files, and has separate filler-word removal. It is free to try. The free plan puts a small watermark on exported videos, and the Pro price was not published on the page we read. Best for: a quick cut on a machine where you can't install anything.

What about VEED for short social clips?

VEED's AI clip generator handles silence removal and filler-word cutting as part of making clips, and adds dynamic captions. It is free to try. A Pro plan gives full access and watermark-free exports, but prices were not published on the pages we read.

Captions come in over 125 languages. You can export the video with the subtitles burned in, or download them as SRT, VTT or TXT. Downloading subtitle files and subtitling longer videos need a paid plan. Details of a dedicated silence remover tool and a desktop app are not published. Best for: turning a longer video into short captioned clips online, rather than tightening a full edit.

How do I choose the right silence remover?

Start from the app you finish in, then decide whether pauses or flubbed takes are your bigger problem.

You finish in Premiere Pro: AutoCut, FireCut or mouzeclick's Silence tab cut in the timeline. TimeBolt also cuts inside its Premiere extension.
You finish in DaVinci Resolve: AutoCut (18.6+, Free and Studio) or FireCut (20+, also on Linux). TimeBolt, Recut and paid Gling export for Resolve.
You finish in Final Cut Pro: TimeBolt (FCPXML, multicam), Recut, or Gling on a paid plan. AutoCut and FireCut name Premiere Pro and Resolve as their hosts.
You want to pay once: Recut at $129, TimeBolt's $347 lifetime, or a mouzeclick lifetime key.
Footage must stay on your machine: TimeBolt is local-first with no cloud upload. mouzeclick reads audio on your computer, though the app needs a connection for the licence. FireCut needs internet for transcription features. Kapwing runs in the browser and VEED online.
Most cuts are restarts, not pauses: use a transcript tool (Gling, Descript) or a hybrid (FireCut, AutoCut Repeat, TimeBolt).
You already pay for Premiere: Adobe says Text-Based Editing transcribes on import and builds a rough cut from copied and pasted text. The Adobe pages we read describe no pause-removal setting. The single-app plan starts at US$22.99/mo, annual, billed monthly, for the first year and new subscribers only (checked 3 November 2026).

Before trusting any threshold on a full episode, test it on a two-minute clip that has music under speech and a quiet stretch of room tone.

Try Studio's Silence tab in Premiere Pro, free for 3 days. One plan with everything included, $25 a month, or $249 for a year.

See the price

Questions people ask

What is the best free silence remover?

None of the tools here is fully free with editor export. Recut's trial gives 3 full edits with no watermark and no card. TimeBolt's free plan detects and removes silence, but exports are watermarked and there is no XML. Gling's free plan gives 1 hour a month with watermarked export. Kapwing's Smart Cut is free to try with a small watermark. Descript has a free plan with 1 media hour a month.

How do I remove silence from a video without uploading it?

Use a tool that works on your own computer. TimeBolt says it is local-first with no cloud upload. FireCut runs inside Premiere Pro or Resolve with nothing to upload, but needs internet for transcription features. mouzeclick's Silence tab reads the audio on your computer inside Premiere Pro, although the app needs a connection while it runs for the licence. Kapwing runs in the browser and VEED online, so your file goes to them.

Which silence remover works in DaVinci Resolve?

AutoCut runs inside Resolve 18.6, 19, 20 and 21, Free and Studio, on Windows and macOS. FireCut needs Resolve 20+ and also runs on Linux. TimeBolt, Recut and Gling's paid plans cut outside Resolve and send it a timeline. TimeBolt's guide imports it with File › Import › Timeline. mouzeclick has no Resolve panel, though its mouse app works in Resolve like any other app.

What dB threshold should I use to remove silence?

Start between −30 and −40 dB. That range is TimeBolt's own advice, with silences longer than 0.2–0.5 s removed. mouzeclick's Silence tab defaults to −40 dB, pauses from 0.40 s and 0.12 s kept around speech. AutoCut's demo shows −26 dB. In a noisy room, raise the threshold towards zero. If breaths and word endings get clipped, lower it or add padding.

Does a silence remover also cut um and uh?

Not a level-only one, because filler words are loud enough to pass the threshold. Gling, Descript, Kapwing, VEED, TimeBolt and FireCut all list filler-word removal. FireCut uses Remove filler words › Analyze audio, then lets you toggle each word. In mouzeclick, removing um and uh is an optional switch in Retakes, which runs in Premiere Pro on Windows only.

Is there a silence remover I can buy once?

Yes. Recut sells a one-time licence at $129 for one user, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. TimeBolt's lifetime option is $347 once and includes all future updates. mouzeclick sells lifetime keys at $499, only the first 100 of them, and a key covers the whole plan. AutoCut, Gling and Descript showed subscriptions on the pages we read; FireCut's prices were not published.

What is the best autocut video editor?

If you mean the plugin called AutoCut, it runs inside Premiere Pro 2023–2027 and Resolve 18.6+. Its silence-only Basic tier is $6.6/month, $79 billed yearly. If you mean any tool that auto-cuts, it depends on your workflow. FireCut suits fine in-timeline control, and TimeBolt or Recut suit standalone XML export. Descript suits you if you would rather edit text than a timeline.

Will a silence remover cut my music track?

It can, if the tool treats every track the same. mouzeclick's Silence tab cuts on every track but leaves a music bed alone. FireCut's Multi-track mode has you tag tracks to speakers before it analyses. Recut lists multi-track support. Whatever you use, check the music edit points after the first pass. A clean cut on dialogue can still leave a jump in the score.

Which silence removers run on a Mac?

AutoCut, FireCut, TimeBolt, Recut and Descript all list macOS, while Kapwing runs in a browser and VEED online. Gling says desktop only without naming systems. mouzeclick's Silence tab runs inside Premiere Pro on macOS 12 or newer. Captions, Retakes and the workspaces are Windows-only, and the Mac app isn't notarized yet, so macOS asks you to allow it the first time.