Cut an MP3

Cutting an MP3: the most common uses

Trimming an audio file means extracting one precise passage, or removing the parts you don't need. The most frequent cases:

• Making a ringtone: keeping the 20–30 seconds of your favourite chorus.
• Isolating an excerpt: a quote, a passage from a lecture, a moment in an interview.
• Cleaning up a recording: cutting the silence at the start and the end, or a break in the middle.
• Splitting a podcast or a long file into shorter segments.

Our tips

• Note the timestamps (start and end, in seconds) before cutting, so you stay precise.
• Leave a small margin: starting a touch early avoids clipping the first note.
• The cut happens without destructive re-encoding: the quality of the part you keep is untouched.
• Everything happens in your browser: your file is never uploaded.