Filler Word Remover
Transcribe your recording, then strip out the ums, uhs, like, and you-knows so the text reads clean.
Accepts an audio or video recording, or a link · returns a clean transcript with ums, uhs, and filler words removed.
Pepys cleans the transcript text – it removes filler words from the written transcript, not from the original audio file, which is never altered.
60 min free · no card required · we never train on your audio
How do I remove filler words from a transcript?
To remove filler words, transcribe your recording with Pepys, then run the cleanup pass – it strips ums, uhs, like, you-know, and other verbal tics from the transcript text so it reads clean, while keeping accurate timestamps and speaker labels. It works in 99+ languages. Your first 60 minutes are free, no card required.
How filler word remover works
Upload audio or paste a link
Drop in any recording or paste a link – we transcribe it into timestamped, speaker-labeled text first.
Remove the filler
Run the cleanup pass and Pepys strips ums, uhs, like, you-know, and other filler from the transcript text.
Edit and export
Tweak anything inline, then export the clean transcript to TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, or JSON.
Real speech is full of ums, uhs, likes, and you-knows – fine to say, painful to read. When you turn a recording into an article, a quote, or polished notes, those verbal tics make the transcript look messy and slow to skim. Pepys transcribes the recording, then runs a cleanup pass that removes the filler so the text reads like considered prose.
The cleanup works on the transcript, not the audio – your original recording is untouched, and you keep accurate timestamps and speaker labels throughout. It runs across 99+ languages, we never train on your audio, and you pay only for the minutes you transcribe; credits never expire.
Clean paragraphs. No more um's and ah's.
The left is what Pepys hands back – logical paragraphs with the filler stripped out, punctuated and readable. The right is the raw, one-line-per-segment dump most transcribers leave you with.
um so yeah everyone keeps telling you to like lead with your best line right but uh honestly if you give away the whole answer in the first second you know there's basically no reason for anyone to keep watching so the hook isn't kind of the smartest thing you say it's like a loop you open that they need to close and um that's the part that actually keeps people around
RawStrips ums, uhs, like, and you-know so the transcript reads clean
Keeps timestamps and speaker labels intact after the cleanup pass
Edit inline if you want to keep a particular phrase – nothing is locked
99+ languages, auto-detected · we never train on your audio · credits never expire
Works with the platforms you live in.
Paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts – or drop in any audio or video file. We transcribe it once, then you export it however your workflow needs.
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- or any file
Export to any format
- TXT
- Markdown
- DOCX
- SRT
- VTT
- JSON
Timestamps, speaker labels, and subtitle timing carry through to every export.
Filler word remover – questions, answered
How do I remove filler words from a transcript?
Upload your recording or paste a link, let Pepys transcribe it, then run the cleanup pass. Ums, uhs, and other filler are removed from the text in one go – your first 60 minutes are free, no card.
Does it edit the actual audio file?
No. The cleanup pass works on the transcript text only – your original recording is left exactly as it was. You get a clean transcript, not a re-cut audio file.
Which filler words does it catch?
Common verbal tics like um, uh, er, like, you know, and so on. You can always edit the transcript inline afterwards to keep or remove any specific phrase.
Does it work in other languages?
Yes – Pepys auto-detects 99+ languages and transcribes in the spoken language, and you can translate the cleaned transcript afterwards.
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