Creators reviewing copyright claims in YouTube Studio can now use a new tool called Delete Song. As the name suggests, the feature is designed to remove copyrighted audio from a video while preserving other sounds such as narration or sound effects.

Until now, creators could handle copyright claims by replacing the claimed audio with a song from the YouTube library, cutting the entire segment, or muting the audio. They can monetize the video after the copyright claims are removed.

Delete Song was previously available as a beta feature to mute copyrighted music in YouTube videos. However, the company discovered that the tool’s performance did not meet standards. YouTube is making big improvements this year by adding an AI-powered algorithm to more accurately identify and remove copyrighted content.

To use the tool, click “Select Action” when reviewing details about a claim on the video’s copyright summary page. You can then click “Delete Song” to see two options: one removes copyrighted audio from all claimed tracks and the other mutes the audio from all claimed tracks.

Song Eraser will be rolling out in the coming weeks to the desktop and mobile versions of YouTube Studio. There may be cases where the tool does not work as expected, for example, if the song is difficult to remove. Creators can use other options such as replacing the song or muting all claimed sections, which is faster.

On supporting pillar, YouTube warns that processing times may vary after editing. While you can close the browser window while rendering a video, you cannot make other edits. Moreover, your changes may not be saved if the video has more than 100,000 views, but your channel is not in the YouTube Partner Program.

In addition to privacy and AI-related features, the Google-owned company recently allowed users to report AI-generated videos that try to impersonate them. YouTube also requires creators to tag realistic-looking content created using artificial intelligence tools.

Through TechCrunch