New Delhi: YouTube has rolled out a new and improved tool that lets creators remove copyrighted music from their videos without affecting other sounds like dialogues or sound effects. On July 4, YouTube’s chief, Neal Mohan, announced this on X, saying, “Good news, creators: our updated Erase Song tool helps you easily remove copyright-claimed music from your video (while leaving the rest of your audio intact).”
The tool, which has been in testing for some time, now uses an AI-powered algorithm to accurately detect and remove only the copyrighted music. However, YouTube warns on its support page that the tool might not always work perfectly. If it fails to remove just the music, creators can try other options, like muting all sound during the claimed segments or cutting out those parts of the video.
Creators also have the choice to “Mute all sound in the claimed segments” to silence sections of their videos with copyrighted material. Once the copyrighted music is successfully removed, YouTube will lift the content ID claim, which is used to identify copyrighted content in different videos.
