Remove silence in CapCut

On CapCut desktop

1. Put the clip on the timeline and select it.
2. Find the automatic silence remover among the clip’s smart or AI tools. Its name and place change between versions, and some versions need CapCut Pro.
3. Let it scan, then review the marked gaps before you remove them. Natural breaths are sometimes taken as silence.

On CapCut mobile

1. Move the playhead to the start of a pause and tap Split.
2. Move to the end of the pause and split again.
3. Select the silent piece and tap Delete. Repeat for each pause.

Faster on iPhone

QuellCut finds every pause in one pass, removes filler words and exports the cut video or 9:16 Shorts, ready to finish in CapCut. Only need clean audio? Cut it here for free.

Sources: Hollyland, Blitzcut.