Remove individual silences and pauses

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Use the editor to cut pauses, gaps, and silences from your recording. This can make your content feel faster-paced and more engaging. You can also remove all silences and pauses at once.

• Steps on a computer

  1. Log in to your Riverside account.
  2. Open a recording in the editor or upload an external file to start editing.
  3. In the transcript, click a silent moment represented by symbols such as •, ••, or ••• (indicating different pause lengths).
  4. Click the Delete icon to remove the selected pause.
     Removed silences and pauses appear in gray with a strikethrough.
     

  To restore a deleted pause, make sure your transcript shows deleted text, then click the grayed-out pause in the transcript and select Restore. 
  

• Steps on a phone

  1. 1. Open a recording from the Riverside mobile app.
     2. Tap Cut at the bottom of the screen.
        You are redirected to an editable version of the transcript. 
     3. In the transcript, tap a silent moment represented by symbols such as •, ••, or ••• (indicating different pause lengths).

     4. Tap Delete at the bottom of the screen to remove the selected pause.
        Removed silences and pauses appear in gray with a strikethrough .

     5. To restore a deleted pause, tap the grayed-out pause in the transcript, then selectRestore.

Learn more

• Undo or redo changes in the editor
• Trim and split a clip's timeline
• Does Riverside transcribe filler words like "um" "ah" and "eh"?
• Editor keyboard shortcuts