Samsung Audio Eraser: Remove Wind and Noise From Videos

Audio Eraser is a Galaxy AI tool that splits a video's sound into types, such as voices, music, wind and crowd noise. You can turn the wind down and leave the voices as they are.

The version of Audio Eraser we’re looking at today is the one that lets you edit videos in your Gallery, and it works on old clips and on videos shot with other devices, not just your Galaxy. It arrived with the Galaxy S25 in early 2025. There’s another version of Audio Eraser that debuted with the Galaxy S26 that’s accessible from the quick panel and removes unwanted noises in real time as you play back videos in apps like YouTube, Netflix and Instagram. That version doesn’t alter the videos themselves and is aimed at making videos more enjoyable to watch. For this Gallery-based Audio Eraser explainer we used a Galaxy S25 Ultra running One UI 9 in November 2026.

Which Galaxy phones have Audio Eraser?

How to remove noise from a video with Audio Eraser

1. 1

   Open the video and tap Edit

   Open the Gallery app, select your video and tap Edit (the pencil icon). In the video editor on One UI 9, tap the sparkle Galaxy AI icon at the far left of the toolbar.

   
2. 2

   Tap Audio eraser

   Two options appear, My FanCam and Audio eraser. Choose Audio eraser and Galaxy AI takes a few seconds to analyse the soundtrack. On One UI 8.5, it's under Audio (the speaker icon).

   
3. 3

   Pick a sound and turn it down

   Each detected sound has its own button, and Audio Eraser highlights the timeline in yellow wherever that sound occurs. Select a sound, then use the dial below it: negative numbers make it quieter, -100 removes it completely, and positive numbers make it louder.

   
4. 4

   Try Auto, and compare

   Auto sets the levels for you. In our test it set Wind to -100 and left Voices alone. Hear original, at the top left, plays the untouched sound so you can hear the difference, and Mute silences the whole clip.

   
5. 5

   Apply and save a copy

   When you're happy, tap Apply edits, then Save copy at the top of the screen. Your changes are saved as a new video file and the original stays intact.

   

Audio Eraser doesn't always detect every sound. It sorts background sound into Crowd, Nature or Noise. Samsung warns that similar sounds can land in the wrong group, and short sounds, such as a single car horn, may not be detected.

In a test clip we made with a voice, simulated wind (brown noise) and a simple synthesised tune, Audio Eraser picked up voices, wind and noise, but filed the tune under noise rather than music, and flagged the wind for only part of the clip. Turning Wind down to -66 cut the low rumble by only about 1 dB as a result, because most of it was sitting in the Noise category. Check where Audio Eraser has put each sound, using the yellow highlights on the timeline, before you start adjusting the dials.

What each sound type is for

Getting good results

• Go easy on the dial. Turning a sound all the way down can make voices sound unnatural, and one Samsung Members user found that cutting background noise made the speaker quieter too. Try a partial cut first and listen before you go to -100.
• If you can, get closer to the person you’re recording. Try not to cover the microphones with your hands and protect your phone from strong gusts of wind. Audio Eraser does a better job when the source material isn’t too cluttered.
• Before you save, check your recording with headphones. Certain settings can distort the quality of a recording, giving it a watery kind of effect. This is especially noticeable on headphones, and it's easy to miss on the phone's speaker.
• At concerts and other events where there’s a lot of ambient noise, make sure the singer/musician is still audible after editing. The AI may interpret their voice as part of the background noise and reduce that instead.
• Don't worry about messing up your original clip. Audio Eraser saves a copy, so your original clip never changes.

The real-time Audio Eraser for YouTube, Netflix and Instagram

With One UI 8.5 on the Galaxy S26, and later the S25, Samsung expanded Audio Eraser's scope, enabling background noise reduction for videos played in certain apps. Samsung has named YouTube, Netflix and Instagram, and reviewers have also used it with TikTok and Prime Video. To use this feature, you have to open the quick settings panel (swipe down from the top-right corner) while playing a video and tap on the Audio eraser option.

It’s worth noting that this implementation of Audio Eraser doesn’t offer the same level of customisation. Rather than the separate controls for up to six sound types you get when erasing audio from videos saved on your phone, there’s only a Strength slider here (with an additional Voice Focus option that unlocks when you crank up Strength). Also, Audio Eraser doesn’t let you save the edited video, it simply affects the audio output on the fly. Reviewers report that this real-time sound separation runs on the phone. However, Samsung has restricted its availability to certain apps, meaning you won’t be able to use it with your music/podcast apps or a web browser. Also, while some users aren’t a fan of the fact that the Audio Eraser shortcut always shows up in the quick settings panel when media is playing (and there is no way to remove it), a Samsung community moderator said this is intended.

Samsung's Video Player app, and the Gallery's video viewer, have a quicker version too. While a video plays, an Audio eraser button sits at the bottom right; tap it and it turns into a waveform as it cleans up the sound while you watch. There's no control other than the on/off toggle, no sliders to fiddle with, and it doesn't change the file.

Account, privacy and settings

Settings › Galaxy AI › Audio eraser explains where it works: Samsung apps like Voice Recorder and supported third-party apps, with the third-party controls in the quick panel. On our S25 Ultra with One UI 9 the page has no on/off switch of its own. You’ll need to be signed in to a Samsung account to use it. Besides the Gallery, Audio Eraser can also clean up Samsung Notes and Voice Recorder audio and call recordings. It reduces background noise automatically and brings voices forward.

It's unclear whether Audio Eraser keeps working when Process data only on device is turned on. SamMobile's 2025 testing suggests it does, but MakeUseOf's 2026 rundown lists it as a feature that's disabled.

Audio Eraser vs Google's Audio Magic Eraser

Google's Audio Magic Eraser does a similar job in Google Photos on the Pixel 8 and newer. Samsung's version is built into the Gallery's video editor, gives each sound type its own level and, since the S26, also works live in some apps. For finer control on a computer, try Enhance Speech in Adobe Premiere Pro. For the rest of Samsung's video tools, see our Samsung video editor guide, and for every Galaxy AI photo and video feature, our Galaxy AI hub.

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