Interviews are full of "um", "you know", and half-repeated sentences. Cut filler words strips them out of your draft in one pass, and you choose which kinds go.
Open the tool
At the top of the project panel, switch from [Project] to [Apps].
Click [Cut filler words].
Note: Cut filler words works on a draft, and it works only when at least one file in the draft was transcribed in English. If a source file is open when you click it, Selects asks you to select a draft first.
Choose what to cut
Tick the categories you want removed. You need at least one.
[Hesitations]: "um", "uh", or "er".
[Hedging]: "You know?", "Like", "Sort of".
[Repeats]: repeated words and phrases, for example "Do you, like, is there, do you".
Choose how often to cut
Under [Cut frequency], pick one:
[All occurrences]: removes every filler word it finds. The cleanest read, but more cuts, so expect more jump cuts on a single camera.
[Minimum jump cuts]: removes fewer, favoring a smoother picture over a perfectly clean read.
When you are happy, click [Cut filler words]. The chat panel opens and the Assistant makes the cuts on this draft. While the Assistant is busy with another request, the tool is grayed out until it finishes.
Put them back
Click [Restore filler words] to bring them all back. The button works only after you click [Cut filler words] on this draft and stay in the tool. If you have already left the tool, ask the Assistant in chat to restore the filler words. Nothing is deleted from your footage, so you can restore and reapply with different settings as often as you like.
FAQs
Nothing was cut
Either the categories you checked genuinely do not appear in this draft, or you have already run it. Try ticking more categories, or switch [Cut frequency] to [All occurrences].
My video jumps around after cutting
That is normal on a single camera, since removing a word removes picture too. Click [Restore filler words] and run it again with [Minimum jump cuts]. On multicam you can also switch angles to hide the joins.