Delete Just Audio or Just Video Track in Premiere Elements 2025

[alan_8139]

In Premiere Elements 2025 (Advanced) how do I delete just the audio track (or just the video track) of a clip?  In 2024 and earlier it was easy...select the clip, right click, and select Delete Audio or Delete Video.  Thanks.

[Bill Sprague]

Select the clip in the timeline, right click and select "Unlink".   Then you can select either the audio or video half and press Delete.

[alan_8139]

Thanks Bill.  I count this as 3 steps (vs 1 step in 2024-and-earlier) - Unlink, Select, Delete (Clear).  Also for others, if I change my mind, this is one way to relink them - hold down Shift and select both then right clink / Link

[Ann Bens]

Or:

hold down Alt > select audio of video and hit Delete.

O:

uncheck Lindked Selection in the left hand top corner of the timeline: select audio of video and hit Delete.

Dont forget to turn it back on as it can mess up your timeline.

[alan_8139]

Thaks Ann.  Your Alt one seems good but I still count it as 2 steps (vs 1 step in the 2024-and-earlier) - Alt-Select (have to remember the Alt) and Delete (Clear).  The second one is more - 3 or 4 steps depending on how one counts, so it's the first of the 3 I'm not using, I think, but I appreciate and learn from all input.

[99jon]

You can simply right-click on the track header - see image - e.g. on the word Audio 1 and choose delete  track.

[Ann Bens]

OP just wants to delete the audio part of a clip not the entire audio track in the timeline.

[99jon]

Yes, I obviously only use this when I wish to delete all of the captured audio and replace it with a song, music score or narration. 

Otherwise with the linked button switched off (shown white) it’s possible to right-click on any audio and choose clear. 

That’s about as close to the right-click function in 2024 and earlier versions.

[alan_8139]

Thanks 99jon and Ann.  Yes just the audio (or just the video).  Good unlink options from the 2 of you and from Bill.

Does anyone know, or can guess, why Adobe removed the simple 2024-and-earlier right click option?

Perhaps to have common code and opration with other software like Adobe Premiere Pro?  Something else?  Thanks.

[99jon]

Hi alan, 

I think Adobe has used the Premiere Pro code as a basis for PREv 2025. They have just removed most of the advanced pro features like vector scopes and color grading tools such as HSL secondaries. That’s to be expected. Adobe won’t want to devalue their Creative Could software. 

[alan_8139]

Thanks 99jon.  Yep, those feaures are way beyond me...as people can tell 🙂  But it would be nice if they would restore some of the simple things,  Thanks

[Ann Bens]

Elements is have been completely overhaul.

Don't think these old features will ever come back.

Besides you have 3 ways to delete audio/video now.

Most users hate changes. But software does not stay the same over time.

[alan_8139]

Thanks Bill and Ann!  I had found yours Bill and your first one Ann; your 2nd one is new to me.   I will be figuring out which one is easiest to me (I do a lot of this, particularly unwanted audio during breaks). However, they all take more effort than the 1-step 2024-and earlier version.  Request is one of the following:

- Someone has a way to turn on (restore) the Delete Audio and Delete Video options in the right click pop-up

- Adobe brings back the Delete Audiop and Delete Video options in the pop-up, fast

Strange to me that Adobe would degrade the user interface.  Any one from Adobe reading?

(give me a couple minutes to respond to each of your inputs)