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Polish transcripts before publishing show notes or captions. Remove filler words for cleaner SEO text.
Free Filler Word Remover
Remove common filler words like um, uh, and like from transcripts, speeches, and podcasts. Free and fully browser-based.
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Fillers removed
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Unique filler types
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Words removed from your text
basically×1kind of×1like×1right×1so×1uh×1um×1you know×1
Your text (input)
BEFORECleaned text (output)
AFTER
So, um, I think we should, like, start with the intro, you know? Basically, uh, the point is, kind of, clear, right?
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How to remove filler words from a transcript
Three steps to clean any transcript or speech of common filler words.
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Paste your transcript
Drop any transcript, speech, podcast, or presentation text with fillers like um, uh, and like.
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See fillers marked in red
Before and after panels show removed fillers with red strikethrough, plus a list of what was actually stripped.
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Copy or download clean text
Grab the cleaned transcript as clipboard text or a .txt file. Everything stays on your device.
Why use this free filler word remover
Podcasters, students, and professionals use Scribia to polish transcripts and notes—fast, free, and private.
Remove common filler words at once
Clean um, uh, er, like, you know, basically, literally, kind of, sort of, and dozens more speech fillers in one pass.
See exactly what was removed
After cleaning, review each filler that appeared in your text with counts — not a preset checklist of unused words.
Before/after with red strikethrough
Spot fillers marked in rose strikethrough next to the cleaned transcript so edits stay transparent.
Free and fully private
No signup, watermark, or file upload. Cleaning happens in your browser — transcripts stay yours.
Who uses a filler word remover
Students & researchers
Clean lecture notes and interview transcripts for clearer quotes and citations in papers.
Educators & speakers
Review your own speech transcripts to improve delivery, reduce filler words, and practice cleaner communication.
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Frequently asked questions
Answers about privacy, limits, and how this free free filler word remover works.
What filler words does this remover clean?
Common speech fillers such as um, uh, er, erm, like, you know, I mean, kind of, sort of, basically, literally, actually, well, so, right, okay, and similar hesitation phrases.
How do I see which words were removed?
The tool lists every filler that appeared in your paste with a count, and marks those words with red strikethrough in the Before panel next to the cleaned After text.
Does it remove every instance of a filler?
Yes. Matching is case-insensitive with word boundaries, so standalone fillers are removed. Be careful with words like “like” or “so” that can also be real content words.
Is this filler word remover free?
Yes. Scribia’s filler remover is completely free, with no signup, login, watermark, or upload to our servers.
Do you store my transcript?
No. Cleaning runs entirely in your browser. We do not store, log, or transmit your transcript.
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