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YouTube Timestamp Remover
Paste a YouTube transcript or any text with timestamps and get clean, readable text back, with every timestamp stripped in one click. Free, no sign up.
Timestamps are noise when you want to read
A raw YouTube transcript is full of time markers like [00:12] or 1:23. Those are handy for jumping around a video, but useless when you want to read, quote, or paste the text into a document or an AI tool. Stripping them out by hand, line by line, is slow and tedious.
This YouTube timestamp remover does it instantly. Paste your text and every common timestamp format is removed automatically, leaving clean, flowing text you can actually use.
Every timestamp format, in one pass
It handles every common format in a single click: bracketed markers like [00:12], parenthesised ones like (1:23), bare inline times like 0:45 and 1:02:03, SRT and VTT time ranges such as 00:00:01,000 to 00:00:04,000, the WEBVTT header, and the stray index numbers that sit above each subtitle line. Any blank lines left behind are tidied up so the text reads smoothly.
Because it catches all of these together, you can paste a messy transcript, a raw SRT or VTT file, or captions copied straight from YouTube’s transcript panel, and get back clean prose without editing a thing.
Cleaning transcripts for notes, articles and AI
Clean, timestamp-free text is what you actually want when reading, quoting, or repurposing a video. It pastes neatly into notes, blog drafts, scripts, and documents, and it is the ideal input for ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, since stray timestamps can confuse a model and waste tokens.
Need the transcript first? Grab one with the main YouTube transcript tool, or get it already clean with a transcript without timestamps. This tool is for when you already have text and just want the time markers gone.
How to remove timestamps from a YouTube transcript
1. Paste your text
Drop in a YouTube transcript or any text that has timestamps, from this site, a copied YouTube caption panel, or an SRT or VTT file.
2. Click Remove Timestamps
Every common timestamp format is stripped instantly, and the empty lines left behind are cleaned up.
3. Check the clean text
Read it back as flowing text with no time markers, exactly as you would an article.
4. Copy or download it
Grab the result with one click, or download it as a text file for your notes, a document, or an AI prompt.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I remove timestamps from a YouTube transcript?
Paste the transcript into the box above and click Remove Timestamps. Every time marker is stripped instantly, and you can copy or download the clean text.
What timestamp formats does it remove?
Bracketed [00:00], parenthesised (0:00), inline 00:00 and 00:00:00, SRT and VTT ranges like 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,000, the WEBVTT header, and standalone subtitle index numbers.
Does it work on SRT and VTT files?
Yes. Paste the contents of an SRT or VTT file and it returns just the spoken text, with the timings and index numbers removed.
Can I remove timestamps from captions copied from YouTube?
Yes. Captions copied from YouTube’s transcript panel come glued to timestamps, and this tool strips them in one click.
Is my text sent anywhere?
No. The cleanup runs entirely in your browser, so nothing is uploaded or stored.
Is it free?
Yes, completely free with no sign up and nothing to install.