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Delete existing captions to replace entire transcript

Community Beginner ,
Jun 21, 2021 Jun 21, 2021

Is there a way to delete a captions track completely? I need to replace the existing captions with new ones but the transcript window still displays all the text even if I manually select all the captions and delete.  There is no option to replace with a new srt file anywhere I can see.

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Community Expert , Jun 21, 2021 Jun 21, 2021

The answer to your question appears to be "no," you can't delete the transcript itself. But I think the other answer to your question is that you don't need to.

 

If you want to replace the transcript by retranscribing, just click the 3 dots in the transcript tab and pick retranscribe.

 

If you don't want to use the captions from the caption track you created from the transcript, just delete the caption track: right click on the caption track header in the timeline, and pick "delete track."

 

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New Here , Nov 30, 2023 Nov 30, 2023

Right click on all clips in the transcribed timeline and choose "Ignore Transcript"

 

I had clips in spanish that Premiere tried to transcribe in English. Was lucky to find this fix.

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New Here ,
Apr 26, 2024 Apr 26, 2024

The easiest way I found out after a lot of tinkering is that you can export an XML and reimport it. It will remove all the transcription done with in the Premiere Pro. 
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Keep in mind if you have any effects or settings done which are associated with Premiere Pro will also be removed because XML doesn't record the built-in settings changes. 
For example: If you have interpreted your footage then those settings will not be exported with the XML. You will have to re do it.

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