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How to Remove Filler Words in Descript

Updated on:
June 5, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to automatically eliminate filler words from your Descript project.

Quick summary

Descript's Remove Filler Words feature uses the Underlord AI panel to automatically detect and delete filler words — such as "um" and "uh" — from your audio or video transcript. You can choose to delete, replace with a gap, ignore, or remove filler words from the transcript only, giving you full control over your edit.


Steps

  1. Open your project in Descript.
  2. Click the Underlord button on the right side of the window.
  3. Select "Remove Filler Words" from the Underlord menu.
  4. Select "Find all filler words" to scan your transcript.
  5. Choose your preferred action: "Delete", "Delete and Replace with Gap", "Ignore", or "Remove from Transcript".
  6. Click "Remove" to finalize the removal.

📌 Why this matters

Filler words like "um," "uh," and "like" can undermine the professionalism of any podcast, video, or recorded presentation. Descript's AI-powered Remove Filler Words feature automatically detects every instance across your transcript and lets you delete, replace, or ignore them in a single workflow — no manual scrubbing required. This saves creators and editors significant post-production time while producing cleaner, more polished audio and video content. For teams producing high volumes of recorded content, this feature directly reduces editing overhead and improves output quality at scale.
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