Mute an individual track or track segment

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Mute an individual track or a part of a track to remove it's audio, transcription, and captions.

Step by step

Mute the entire track

1. Open a recording in the Editor.
2. On the right side of the timeline toolbar, click the Expand tracks icon. 
3. Select the individual track (participant) you would like to mute. 
4. On the left side of the timeline toolbar, click the Volume icon.
5. On the left of the slider that appears, click the   Volume icon. 
   The participant's entire track is muted. 
   Click the Unmute icon to return the track's audio.
   
    

Mute a track segment

1. Open a recording in the Editor.
2. On the right side of the timeline toolbar, click the Expand tracks icon. 
3. On the timeline, click and drag your mouse to highlight the section you want to mute. 
4. On the left side of the timeline toolbar, click the Mute icon. 
   That segment of the track is muted. 
   Click the Unmute icon to return the track segment's audio.
   

Good to know

• Muting a track is different than deleting audio. The video recording remains in tact, however the transcription and captions are removed. 

Learn more

• Mute unwanted background noise (Magic Mute)
• Use AI-enhanced Magic Audio tracks in the Editor
• Adjust the volume of an individual track in the editor
• What's the difference between Magic Mute, Magic Audio, muting a track, normalizing audio, deleting audio, and removing background noise?