Remove Audio Tracks from Video — Offline
Drop one or more videos onto MiniMax Converter, tick which audio (and subtitle) tracks to keep, and write out a slimmer copy. No re-encode — the video and the tracks you keep are copied bit-for-bit, so it's lossless and fast. Runs locally: no upload, no file-size limit, no watermark.
How to use it
- Drop one or more video files onto MiniMax Converter, then open Convert → More → Remove Audio Tracks.
- MiniMax probes each file and lists every audio track it finds — language, title, codec and channel count — so you can tell them apart.
- Tick the tracks you want to KEEP (untick the ones to drop); optionally enable Remove metadata to strip tags at the same time.
- Save — a new copy is written next to each original with the chosen tracks copied losslessly (-c copy), and you're offered to delete the originals.
Truly lossless — nothing is re-encoded
This tool runs ffmpeg -map 0 -map -0:a:N -c copy, which copies the video and every kept track stream straight through — no decode, no re-encode, no quality loss. Dropping the commentary track or a foreign-language dub from a 4 GB file takes seconds, not minutes, because nothing is being transcoded. The same screen can also drop subtitle tracks the same way.
Pick exactly which tracks survive
Many videos ship with several audio streams — original language, a dub, director's commentary, a descriptive-audio track. MiniMax shows each one with its language, title, codec and channel count (e.g. 01: ENG — Commentary (aac, 6ch)) so you keep what you want and discard the rest. Drop a folder of files and they process in parallel; there's a Cancel button and an optional one-tick metadata strip.
Why offline?
Online track-removers cap file sizes (often 100–500 MB), make you upload the whole video, and may add ads or watermarks. Here a multi-gigabyte movie never leaves your machine — the stream copy runs at disk speed and your files stay private. No upload, no size limit, no telemetry.
Questions and answers
Does removing a track re-encode the video and lose quality?
No. The tool uses ffmpeg's stream-copy mode (-c copy), so the video and every track you keep are copied bit-for-bit with no quality loss. Only the unticked tracks are dropped.
Can I also remove subtitle tracks, not just audio?
Yes. The same keep-selected screen handles subtitle tracks (including image-based ones) via a separate Remove Subtitles option under Convert → More → Subtitles. Both work the same lossless way.
Will it work on large videos, like a 4 GB MKV?
Yes — there's no file-size cap, and because nothing is re-encoded the operation is near-instant regardless of length. Drop several large files and they process in parallel.
Does it overwrite my original file?
No. A new copy is written next to the original with a suffix (for example name_audio.mkv). After it finishes you're asked whether to delete the originals, so you stay in control.
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