Cut MP3 Online - Free
Cut a section out of an MP3, or trim its start and end, and download it as MP3 again. Free, nothing to install.
- Free to start
- Nothing to install
- Up to 1GB
Cut MP3 in 3 steps
Upload your MP3
Drag and drop the MP3 file, or click to browse. Anything under 1GB.
Drag the handles
Pull the start and end handles to the part you want to keep. The panel shows how long the kept part is.
Cut and download
The output is already set to MP3. Create a free account to download it.
Cutting an MP3 and keeping it an MP3
MP3 is the universal audio format. It is lossy, so it throws away detail you are unlikely to hear, and in exchange the file is small enough to email and playable on absolutely anything.
The output format is set to MP3 before you start, so what you download is the same kind of file you uploaded: nothing downstream that expects an MP3 has to be told about a new format. MP3 already plays everywhere, so this is the right output for sharing as well.
Container
Typical codecs
Plays on
File size
| Feature | MP3 |
|---|---|
| Container | MPEG audio layer III |
| Typical codecs | MP3 (lossy) |
| Plays on | Every device made in the last 25 years |
| File size | Roughly a tenth of uncompressed audio |
Before you cut an MP3
Converting an MP3 to WAV makes the file about four to eleven times larger (from 320 kbps down to 128 kbps sources) and restores nothing: the detail MP3 compression removed is gone for good.
REQO exports MP3 as variable bitrate (LAME quality 2), so there is no fixed figure: in our tests speech came back at about 88 kbps in mono and dense stereo sound at about 207 kbps.
Cut MP3: questions
Will it stay an MP3?
Yes. The output is pre-set to MP3, so the cut file downloads as MP3. You can change it to another format in the panel before exporting.
Does cutting an MP3 lose quality?
The part you keep is re-encoded once at a high quality target, so it is not bit-for-bit identical, but it is indistinguishable at normal playback. Editing the same file over and over will eventually show, so keep your original.
Is cutting MP3 free?
Yes. Cut and preview free, and a free account downloads the result. Free exports and share pages include a small REQO badge. Go Pro to remove it.
Other presets
Everything else you can do here.
All cut audio presets
Crop for a platform
Crop to a ratio
Resize to a resolution
Compress for a destination
Compress a format
Rotate or flip
Change the frame rate
Change the speed
Transcribe a language
Merge with a transition
Extract audio from a format
Subtitles in another language
Convert a caption file
Need more than cut mp3?
REQO is a full browser video editor: record, edit by transcript, caption and export.