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Can't Remove Pauses in Transcription Panel (button grey)

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Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble removing pauses in the transcription panel in Adobe Premiere Pro. I’ve highlighted the pauses in the transcript, but it won’t let me delete them. I’ve tried disabling the "Pauses" feature and making edits directly on the timeline, but nothing seems to work. The delete button is grey, can't select it.

Here’s a bit more info:

I’m using the latest version of Premiere Pro.
I’m working on a podcast episode, so there are lots of pauses I’d like to eliminate to streamline the edit.

Has anyone else encountered this issue, or does anyone know a workaround? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

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PaulMurphyCorrect answer

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It sounds like you might be viewing the Source Monitor transcript, which doesn’t allow editing. Try clicking on your timeline to switch focus, and then return to the Text panel. This should enable the Delete Pauses button.

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Musa Ibne31570524bwc6

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Found the solution.

The "Delete Pauses" button in Premiere Pro stays greyed out because your sequence transcript is currently in a static transcription state rather than a text-based editing state.

How to Fix Static Transcription

Open the Text panel.

Click the three dots (...) menu in the transcript window.

Select Generate text-based editing transcript.

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felipechala

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same thing was hapenning to me. I found out that by clicking on that button that translate to “generate editing transcription based on text”, it would now let me delete the pauses. A bit late but I hope it helps others! :)

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Alexander_McRae

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I had same problem and I realize what was happening.

1. You must open Text Panel and check if the transcription is already doing automatically

2. If it doesnt, go to preferences panel, select "Transcription" and check "Automatic Transcription", after that, select the language y press "Accept" or "Apply"

When you go back to text panel, your transcription would already begin.

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Musa Ibne31570524bwc6

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Found the solution.

The "Delete Pauses" button in Premiere Pro stays greyed out because your sequence transcript is currently in a static transcription state rather than a text-based editing state.

How to Fix Static Transcription

Open the Text panel.

Click the three dots (...) menu in the transcript window.

Select Generate text-based editing transcript.

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Sumeet Kumar Choubey

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Hi Musa Ibne31570524bwc6,
Thanks for sharing your findings and solution with the community! We hope it helps others facing the same issue.

-Sumeet

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tanoh2811814385bf

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Impossible de supprimer les pauses dans le panneau de transcription (bouton gris) J'ai trouvé la solution

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Bec - Amanita VA

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What was the solution? I am having this issue happen now also 😞

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PaulMurphy

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It sounds like you might be viewing the Source Monitor transcript, which doesn’t allow editing. Try clicking on your timeline to switch focus, and then return to the Text panel. This should enable the Delete Pauses button.

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