How to Remove Audio Track from MKV Free & Online? | 4 Ways

MKVToolNix is a collection of tools for the Matroska media container format by Moritz Bunkus. It’s free and open-source and compatible with Linux, Windows, Mac. No need to worry whether the program is too complicated for you, I’ll demonstrate how to get rid of extra audio tracks in MKV with it in detail.

Step 1. Download MKVToolNix GUI at https://www.fosshub.com/MKVToolNix.html, install the program. Run mkvtoolnix-gui.exe or launch the program from start menu.

Step 2. From the “Multiplexer” tab, drag and drop MKV files with multiple audio tracks to the “Source files” window, and all audio tracks within the movie will be shown below in the form of audio codecs. The language of each codec will also be displayed.

Step 3. Uncheck the unwanted audio tracks to keep the language you prefer, or uncheck them all to mute the movie.

Step 4. Define the destination path at the “Destination file” box below.

Step 5. When it’s all set, hit “Stat multiplexing” to delete audio track from MKV.

HandBrake is a world-renowned video transcoder with tremendous additional functions including removing audio tracks, merging videos, extracting audio, etc. It’s free, open-source and clean as well. Now let’s see how it works for our case.

Step 1. Download HandBrake at http://handbrake.fr/, install the program.

Step 2. Launch the program, click the “File” or “Folder” button on the right side or drag and drop to import the MKV files with multiple audio tracks to HandBrake.

Step 3. Customize output file format as MP4, WebM or MKV at “Format”.

Step 4. Switch to the "Audio" tab under the "Preset" and click "Clear" at the right-side to remove all the audio tracks. You can also click the ✖️ button to delete the unwanted audio track.

Step 5. You can optionally transcode, convert bitrate/change quality, mixdown your audio track if needed.

Step 6. Customize the output file folder at “Save As” box below, then click the green “Start Encode” button above for MKV remove audio track work.

Apart from these desktop audio removers, some online tools can also help you remove the audio track from videos. And AudioRemover is such an online tool that can help you remove audio tracks from MKV, MP4, AVI, etc. without re-encoding.

However, this online tool can only process files under 500 MB.

Now let’s see how to use it to remove soundtracks from MKV files.

Step 1. Visit AudioRemover official site with this link: https://www.audioremover.com/.

Step 2. Click “Browse” to upload the .mkv file and then click “Upload Video”.

Step 3. Wait for the file uploading and auto-removing audio processes.

Step 4. Click “Download File” to save the muted video.

Q1. Can you remove audio tracks from MKV?

Yes. You can remove audio tracks from MKV with many online and desktop video processing tools. This post shares four tools that can help you remove audio tracks from MKV easily. The detailed steps are also shared in this post.

Q2. How do I remove audio from MKV in VLC?

Step 1. Launch VLC and click "Media" > "Convert/Save"

Step 2. Add the MKV video and click "Convert/Save".

Step 3. Select your desired output format from the Profile drop-down list.

Step 4. Click the wrench icon and switch to the Audio tab.

Step 5. Unselect the "Audio" box and click "Create".

Step 6. Click Browse to select an output path and press Start the export the video without audio.