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Captions to notes
Turn copied captions into clean notes for tutorials, interviews, courses, and long videos.
Clean YouTube transcripts
Remove timestamps from YouTube transcripts
Remove timestamps from your YouTube video transcripts with ease. Simply copy and paste the transcript or upload a supported transcript file, then click the Clean Timestamps button to clean the text.
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Built for YouTube captions
Clean copied YouTube transcripts without fighting timecodes
YouTube transcripts are useful, but the pasted text often includes timestamps on every few lines. TimeWipe removes the noise so the actual words are easier to read.
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Creator workflows
Clean transcripts before writing show notes, newsletters, hooks, descriptions, or social posts.
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Study and research
Remove timestamp clutter before highlighting, summarizing, or searching video content.
How to use this YouTube transcript cleaner
Clean YouTube transcript text in three steps
The cleaner is intentionally simple: bring your transcript, remove noisy timestamp structure, then use the readable output anywhere.
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Copy the transcript
Open the transcript or captions panel in your video tool, then copy the timestamped text.
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Paste into TimeWipe
Paste the text into the cleaner. TimeWipe handles line timestamps, bracketed markers, speaker labels, and caption ranges.
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Use the cleaned text
Copy or download the readable transcript for notes, docs, summaries, or translation.
Example cleanup
See the timestamp noise disappear
The cleaner keeps transcript text and removes the timecode structure that gets in the way of reading, editing, and summarizing.
YouTube transcript paste
0:00 welcome back to the channel 0:04 today we are looking at three ways to clean transcripts 0:10 the first step is to remove timestamps
Readable transcript
Welcome back to the channel. Today we are looking at three ways to clean transcripts. The first step is to remove timestamps.
Great for copied YouTube transcript panels and caption exports.
What the YouTube cleaner removes
TimeWipe looks for common YouTube-style timestamps and keeps the spoken text.
Line timestamps
Removes patterns like 0:04, 01:12, 01:12.340, and 1:02:33 from transcript lines.
Bracketed timecodes
Handles common pasted formats such as [00:12], (01:04:22), and [00:12.00].
Caption exports
Also strips SRT, VTT, SBV, and frame timecodes when a downloaded caption file is pasted or uploaded.
Use cases
Common YouTube cleanup uses
Clean transcript text is easier to scan, quote, summarize, translate, archive, and save.
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Video summaries
Clean first, then summarize without timestamps interrupting every sentence.
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Blog drafts
Use cleaned captions as source material for articles and tutorials.
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Course notes
Make lessons and lectures easier to review without timecode clutter.
When cleanup becomes workflow
Save, format, and translate cleaned transcripts
Pro and Studio plans add AI formatting, translation, saved transcript libraries, and exports for publishing workflows.
FAQ
Questions people ask before cleaning transcripts
Short answers for the practical things that matter before you paste, upload, copy, or save transcript text.
Can TimeWipe fetch a YouTube transcript from a URL?
Not in this V1. Paste or upload the transcript manually so cleanup stays reliable and browser-side.
Is YouTube transcript cleanup free?
Yes. Anonymous visitors get daily free cleanup, and free accounts get higher daily limits.
Will this change the meaning of the transcript?
The free cleaner is designed to remove timestamp patterns and keep the transcript text intact.