6 AI Tools to Easily Get Rid of Background Noise in Your Audio or Video Recording (2024)

In an ideal world, we'd do all our audio and video recordings in serene spaces. However, the daily reality for most of us is different from that. The traffic outside and the noise from neighbors aren't always under our control.

If you have a noise-plagued recording that you'd like to fix, this article is for you. You'll find some of the best AI tools you can use to remove background noise from your recordings.

1 Adobe Enhance Speech

Enhance Speech by Adobe takes our gold medal for AI tools you can use to clean background noise for one reason: its ease of use. It makes your audio or video sound like it was recorded in a soundproofed space in just one click. If you've ever tried removing background noise from a video on Android or iOS, you'd appreciate the ease Enhance Speech offers.

Adobe's Enhance Speech feature is best used for lightweight noise removal, where the main voice is distinguishable from the background noise. If not, parts of the speech may be “cleaned” as noise.

This tool is free to use for audio files. However, you need an Adobe Express Premium subscription (which is $11.49/month) to remove noise from video files.

2 Audio Enhancer

Audio Enhancer does an incredible job of cleaning up background noise from your audio. But that’s not all it does. It also cleans and improves the quality of your speech as well as fixes the loudness levels.

Perhaps what qualifies Audio Enhancer for the silver medal is its free customization options. Upon uploading your audio, you’re prompted to choose what enhancement you’d like to make to it, as you can see from the screenshot below.

After that, you’re also prompted to select your content type.

These customization options (on its free tier) ensure that you get results you’re happy with. Its Pro plan offers access to even more features and starts at $10/month.

3 Audo Studio

Our bronze medal goes to Audo Studio. Audo Studio removes background noise and echoes, and it's similar to Adobe's Speech Enhance in terms of ease of use.

Audo Studio’s outputs are satisfactory and seldom leave you wishing you could manually adjust the enhancement levels. All users get free 20 minutes of audio enhancement monthly. The Pro plans start at $12/month.

4 Lalal.ai

We're out of medals to give, but there are a few more AI background noise removal options you can try if you don't like the ones we've covered so far.

Lalal.ai is an AI voice cleaner that separates the voice from the background noise in your audio and video files. It allows you to clean up your files and listen to them for free. However, you need a Pro subscription to download your cleaned files.

Lalal.ai Pro plans are based on usage and start from $18 for 90 minutes of cleaned audio.

5 CapCut

CapCut also offers a noise reduction feature you can use to clean up background noise from your video files. It's user-friendly and works well for when you need to clean up the sound in a video you're editing. Plus, it's available on both mobile and desktop.

CapCut's noise reducer is free to use with no limits (at the time of writing). It's an easy recommendation save for some privacy concerns from some users—however, if you're fine using TikTok, CapCut is relatively safe to use.

6 Podcastle

Podcastle turns your noisy recordings into polished audio with its AI-powered “Magic Dust” feature. The feature is part of a broader suite of audio editing features that Podcastle offers. You can upload your audio, make edits, and then use Magic Dust feature to let the AI clean up the sound.

Podcastle requires a subscription to use this background noise-cleaning feature (and a suite of other Pro features). The plans start at $23.99/month or $11.99/month when paid annually.

Each of these tools offers unique features and approaches to noise reduction. If you need to remove background noise from an audio or video file quickly, these tools offer a range of solutions that can help you.