Provide a way to delete a transcription

Based on my tests the transcriptions seem to increase the project file size, which is not surprising.

I'm working on a project where if have hunderds of hours of footage. If I auto transcribe all of the footage, it might increase the project file size up to 100 megabytes for a project that might otherwise be only 10mb large, making saving and loading the project slower. I have only transcribed maybe 5% of the footage of my project and I can already notice the saving times getting longer. 

I'd really like to auto transcribe all of the footage since it speeds up reviewing the footage, but I don't know if it's worth it, if the project file gets too slow. For this reason it would be nice to have the option to delete the transcriptions.

Thank you

Choose 'duplicate sequence' and you see updated transcript in good language.

It's frustrating that an automated transcript is locked after creation. Please implement a "delete transcript" button.

Situation: The wrong clip was transcribed and thus a retranscript is needed. There's currently no way to remove this transcript as it is. 'Re-transcribe' is greyed out. Neither deleting the caption tracks, deleting individual subtitles nor switching timelines help.

Current workaround: Export the non-transcribed video as a video file. Make a new project and import the video into that and then retranscribe.

There's been a few posts requesting this the last few years, so found it fitting to raise it in 2025 as well.

Gotta love this automation revolution: lots of tech boasting, no help

guess how I arrived at this post? I was looking for a simple button that would simply "Clear Transcription" as I have footage in greek transcribed as english and it's, of course, gibberish. Back to Whisper.AI then it seems...

Incredibly frustrating when it must be so easy to do.  My file is audio only.  A workaround I  used just now was to export the sequence as an .mp4 and then import that as a clip and drag the clip into a new sequence.

@Samuel Klein,

> i can't delete a transcript and create a new one or change the language? why??

See my earlier post regarding re-transcribing. You do not have to delete the transcript to re-transcribe.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-ideas/provide-a-way-to-delete-a-transcription/idc-p/13961008#M10315

> That's not solving the problem at all. The request is to delete the entire transcript, not the audio track.If i got that right there is no way to do that except create a new project and import the files again, no?

I think you're referring to the post about using Bulk Delete Speakers. I agree. Bulk Delete Speakers only works in the timeline (not the source media transcription), and removes the video/audio for what is deleted. The source media transcript remains, and will be added new to any sequence that adds the clip.

> there is no way to do that except create a new project and import the files again, no?'

I think that is mostly true. But what workflow would benefit from that if it really needs a Delete Transcript function.

Replace footage does not work. The transcript remains, and is associated with the new clip - even if the times do not match.

Delete the clip from the current project and reimport it. The transcript is gone.

Most of the comments in this feature request do not provide examples of workflows that need the option to delete the transcript. Most have other ways to accomplish the goal, such as re-transribing. Or the user does not understand the difference between the source media transcript (which is always the whole thing), the sequence transcript that is the parts of clips included in the sequence, and static/sequence transcripts that are created as the sequence exists at that moment and do not change as edits are made to the sequence.

Intuitively, it just seems like a good idea. Practically, I have to work through whether there isn't a way to accomplish each goal. The transcripts are coded into the project file. Oops; I turned on transcribe all files and now I want to get rid of the bloat: no way.

@TeresaDemel Is this ever likely to be included?

Stan

That's not solving the problem at all. The request is to delete the entire transcript, not the audio track.If i got that right there is no way to do that except create a new project and import the files again, no?

same here. i can't delete a transcript and create a new one or change the language? why??