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Add one MP3 file to choose a section to keep or remove.

How to cut an MP3 file online

Keep an MP3 excerpt or remove one unwanted section. Set the range, preview the result, and download for free—no signup or added watermark.

  1. 1

    Upload an MP3

    Choose the MP3 file that contains the section you want to keep or remove.

  2. 2

    Mark the section

    Drag the waveform handles or enter Start (seconds) and End (seconds). These values refer to the original MP3.

  3. 3

    Choose Keep or Remove

    Under Selected range, choose Keep to export the marked passage, or Remove to join the audio outside it. The source is not overwritten.

  4. 4

    Preview, choose processing, and export

    Press Play project to hear the result. Use Precise for Remove or effects. Lossless is available only for Keep with unchanged audio settings. Press Cut MP3 to download.

Choose the range action and processing mode

CombinationWhat you downloadImportant limit
Keep + PreciseOnly the selected passage, with optional effectsRe-encodes MP3; timing can include encoder padding
Remove + PreciseAudio before and after the selection joined togetherRe-encodes; listen across the new join
Keep + LosslessOne selected range copied without re-encodingFrame-aligned, no fades, gain, speed, pitch or normalization changes

What can an MP3 cutter make?

A recognizable ringtone excerpt

Choose Keep around a musical hook or spoken phrase and listen on loop. Export MP3 for a compatible phone, or continue to iPhone Ringtone Maker for Apple-focused formats and installation steps. Cutting audio does not install a ringtone.

A musical reference or sample

Keep one phrase and compare its boundaries. Use Lossless to avoid another encode when frame-level timing is acceptable; choose Precise when fades or waveform-based boundaries matter more.

A recording without one interruption

Mark a mistake, long pause, or unwanted interruption and choose Remove. Listen across the new join to preserve the speaker’s meaning. This is a manual edit and requires re-encoding; there is no automatic ad detection.

A short review clip

Keep one useful passage from an MP3 lesson, interview, or demo. Preview it in context and export a separate file for feedback. Use MP3 Editor if you need several excerpts arranged together.

Example: remove a five-second interruption

Use an MP3 longer than 15 seconds. The example removes source seconds 10–15 and keeps the audio on both sides.

  1. 1

    Mark the interruption

    Set Start (seconds) to 10 and End (seconds) to 15. Check that the selection does not include a word you want to keep.

  2. 2

    Choose Remove

    Select Remove under Selected range. Precise is used automatically and Lossless is disabled. At 100% speed, the result is about five seconds shorter than the source.

  3. 3

    Listen to the result and download

    Press Play project and listen across the join. Adjust the boundaries if speech sounds unnatural, then choose Cut MP3. For several nonadjacent cuts, use MP3 Editor.

What lossless cutting does—and does not—mean

One source and one selected range

This page accepts one MP3 and exports MP3. It is not a batch splitter or multi-file joiner. Precise rendered output has a 30-minute limit; large source files can exceed available browser memory.

Lossless is not a quality upgrade

Lossless copies compressed MP3 frames without another encode. It does not recover detail already lost in the source and does not promise sample-exact boundaries or preservation of every tag.

Remove and effects require Precise

Keep and Remove are selection actions; Precise and Lossless are processing choices. Remove joins the retained sections. Fades affect the rendered sections and are not an automatic seamless crossfade across an edit.

Free local-file processing

No signup, payment or added audio watermark is required. Local files are processed in your browser; remote imports and encoder downloads use network requests. Keep originals and download before leaving the page.

If the cut is not what you expected

I downloaded the part I wanted to delete

Check Selected range: Keep exports the highlighted passage; Remove exports what is outside it. Preview the result after changing the action.

Lossless is unavailable

Choose Keep, turn fades and normalization off, leave gain and speed at 100%, and pitch at zero. Remove requires Precise mode.

Remove leaves no audio

Do not select the entire recording in Remove mode. Leave audio before or after the range, or switch to Keep if you want to export the complete file.

The boundary is slightly different

Lossless follows MP3 frame boundaries. Use Precise for waveform-based timing, but account for small MP3 encoder-padding differences when checking duration.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I cut a section from an MP3?

Upload the MP3, mark the range on the waveform, choose Keep Selection, and export the clip.

Yes. Choose Remove Selection to join the audio before and after the marked range.

Lossless Cut copies one selected range without re-encoding, but the boundaries follow MP3 frames and fades are unavailable.

Yes in Precise mode. Fades require the selected audio to be decoded and re-encoded.

The search terms overlap. This page supports simple trimming plus extracting or removing a specific MP3 region.

You can cut the clip here, but the iPhone Ringtone Maker adds device-specific duration guidance and output settings.