


Once you detach the audio and unlink it from the video, you can remove the video by clicking it and using one of these methods: If you put it in the Background Music Well, it will be in the background of all other sounds in your movie. To move the green audio clip, just select, drag, and drop where you want it. So, you’ll need to either move the audio clip elsewhere in your movie or plop it into the Background Music Well at the bottom of the Timeline.

This means that if you delete the video, the audio will go with it. However, the small line on the left shows that the video and audio are still linked to each other. You’ll then see the audio from that clip appear as its own “clip” in green below the video. You can also select Modify > Detach Audio from the menu bar. Open the video you want to use in iMovie on Mac and then follow these steps: Detach the audio clipġ) Select the clip in your movie Timeline that contains the video and audio.Ģ) Right-click or hold Control and click the clip.ģ) Choose Detach Audio in the shortcut menu. We’ve covered how you can remove sound from a video, but what if you want to do the opposite? This tutorial shows you how to remove the video and keep only the audio in iMovie on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. And if you are working with a video that has both sound and visuals, there may be a time when you want to separate the two. The iMovie app is robust enough to let you create some amazing movies and videos.
