Audio Trimmer

Cut a section out of any audio file your browser can play. Pick start and end times, preview the selection, then download the trimmed clip as WAV — all processed locally, with no upload.

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Drop an audio file here or click to browse. MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A — anything your browser can play.

How this audio trimmer works

Drop in any audio file your browser can play — MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A and more. The tool decodes it with the Web Audio API and draws a waveform so you can see where the sound actually is. Type a start and end time in seconds, hit Preview selection to hear exactly what you are about to keep, then click Trim audio. The selected sample range is copied into a fresh buffer and written out as a WAV file you can play back on the page before downloading.

Because everything happens locally, there is no upload wait and no file ever leaves your device. A voicemail, an interview recording, a song — they all trim in a fraction of a second once decoded.

Trimming tips

  1. Use the waveform to spot silence: flat stretches at the edges are the usual trim targets.
  2. Preview before trimming — adjusting by a tenth of a second is often the difference between a clean cut and a clipped word.
  3. Trim first, then process. If the clip also needs to be louder, run the result through the Audio Volume Booster afterwards.

About the WAV output

The download is 16-bit PCM WAV at the source’s original sample rate and channel count. That means zero further quality loss after the initial decode, but also a bigger file than a compressed original — roughly 10 MB per minute of stereo 44.1 kHz audio. If you only need a format change rather than a cut, the Audio to WAV Converter does that directly, with optional mono mixdown and resampling.

Frequently asked questions

Is my audio uploaded to a server?

No. The file is decoded with the Web Audio API entirely inside your browser, the trim copies samples in memory, and the WAV file is assembled on your device. Nothing is transmitted anywhere — you could disconnect from the internet after the page loads and the trimmer would still work.

Why is the output always WAV?

Browsers can decode MP3, OGG and M4A, but they cannot encode them — that would require shipping a full codec library in the page. WAV is uncompressed lossless PCM that the browser can write directly, and every editor, DAW and player accepts it. The trade-off is larger files than the compressed original.

Can this cut an MP3 without re-encoding it?

No, and it is honest to say so: the tool decodes your MP3 to raw PCM, cuts the samples, and writes WAV. The good news is WAV output is lossless, so no quality is lost after the decode. True lossless MP3 splitting on frame boundaries needs a dedicated tool like mp3splt.

How long a file can I trim?

Decoded audio is big: uncompressed stereo at 44.1 kHz runs about 10 MB per minute in the output WAV, and the decoded buffer held in memory is larger still. Files up to roughly 30–60 minutes are usually fine on a desktop; hour-plus recordings may exhaust memory on phones or older machines.