Cut the Part You Want
You’ve got a 45-minute podcast recording and someone asked for “that bit about databases starting around minute 12.” You don’t want to send a 45-minute file with instructions to skip ahead. And you don’t want to download Audacity just to make one cut.
Drag the start handle to the 12-minute mark and the end handle to 15, then hit trim. You get a clean 3-minute clip. Send that instead.
Built-In Preview
The tool draws a timeline with draggable start and end handles, plus a built-in player. Upload your file, listen to it, then drag the two handles to mark exactly where the clip begins and ends. The in and out times update live as you drag, so you can land right on the second you want.
Leave the end handle pinned to the far right and the tool keeps everything from your start point to the end of the file. Handy for chopping off an unwanted intro without fussing over where the audio stops.
Steps
- Upload your audio file.
- Preview it in the built-in player to find your cut points.
- Drag the start handle to where the clip should begin.
- Drag the end handle to where it should stop (or leave it at the far right to keep everything after the start).
- Click Trim Audio and download.
Why People Trim Audio
Making ringtones. The chorus of your favorite song starts at 1:04 and the best 20-second loop runs to 1:24. Drag the start to 1:04 and the end to 1:24. Download, set as ringtone, done. People have been doing this since phones could play custom tones, and it’s still one of the most popular uses.
Podcast clip extraction. You want to promote your latest episode on social media. Pull a 60-second highlight, the funniest moment, the best insight, the most controversial take, and post that as a teaser.
Cleaning up voice memos. Your recording starts with 15 seconds of shuffling and “is this thing on?” and ends with 20 seconds of “okay I think I covered everything, let me stop the…” Trim both ends and you’ve got a professional-sounding clip.
Music practice. You’re learning a specific 8-bar passage and want to loop it on your phone. Trim it out of the full song so you can repeat just that section.
Sound effect isolation. You recorded a thunderstorm for an hour. You need one specific crack of thunder at minute 34. Trim to just those 3 seconds.
Language learning. Your teacher sent a 20-minute audio lesson. You keep struggling with the same dialogue exchange at minute 8. Trim that 30-second section and listen to it on repeat.
Need to combine several trimmed clips into one file? The Audio Merger does that. Want to change the playback speed of your trimmed clip? Use the Audio Speed Controller.
FAQ
How precise can I get? Down to the second. Drag a handle and the in/out time updates live, so you can land on the exact second you want.
What if I leave the end handle at the end? It keeps everything from your start point to the end of the file. It’s the quick way to “cut the intro and keep the rest.”
Does trimming hurt quality? The output maintains the same format and quality as the input. Some re-encoding may happen depending on the source format, but it’s transparent.
What formats work? MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, AAC, and anything else the server can decode. Pretty much everything.
Any file length limit? No hard limit. Big files take longer to upload but the trim operation itself is fast.