Can I Remove Background Noise from Video and How?

Background noise commonly bothers content creators. Distracting sounds always lead to a bad experience when watching videos, especially for vlogs, interviews and educational videos. Although it is suggested to use a professional digital voice recorder with noise cancellation for getting high-quality audio, noise reduction software is the best solution if you have found unwanted sounds in your recording. And, here are the best tools for PC and Mac to remove background noise from video easily.

How Can You Remove Background Noise from a Video on PC?

iTop Screen Recorder, a free screen recorder for PC, packs a denoiser that is designed to remove background noise from any video and audio recordings. With it, you can remove wind noise, traffic noise, people's talking, breathing, humming and more, from a video at fingertips.

Step 1. Download and install iTop Screen Recorder on your computer.

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Step 2. Launch the program. Go to Tools > Denoiser.

Step 3. Click Browse to upload the video you want to remove background noise from.

Step 4. Click Change to set a destination folder that saves the result file if needed.

Step 5. Click Denoise Now. Soon, you can get a video file without background noise.

How to Remove Background Noise from a Video on Mac?

iMovie is a pre-installed free video editing application for Mac. It also has a number of tools to enhance the audio in a clip, from equalizer reset to background noise reduction.

Step 1. Open iMovie on your Mac. Select a video clip in the timeline.

Step 2. Click the Noise Reduction and Equalizer button on the Viewer.

Step 3. Check "Reduce background noise" and drag the slider to adjust the percentage of noise reduction (100% for maximum reduction).

Step 4. Play the clip back to test whether the background noise is removed. If not, refine the adjustment until you get the best result.
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