Remove Background Noise from a Google Meet Recording

If the meeting has already been recorded, you do not need to recreate it. Download the recording from Google Drive and clean the existing file.

The simplest workflow is:

1. 1

   Open the Google Meet recording in Google Drive. Find the saved recording in Drive.

2. 2

   Download the recording to your computer. Use the original file when possible.

3. 3

   Upload the file to Noisero. Choose the downloaded recording using the uploader above.

4. 4

   Wait for the cleaned preview. No signup is required to hear the preview.

5. 5

   Compare it with the original. Listen for clearer speech and less background noise.

6. 6

   Process the full recording. Do this only if the preview sounds better.

For video files, Noisero cleans the audio track while keeping the video itself unchanged.

Google Meet recordings are saved to the meeting organizer's Google Drive.

New recordings are stored inside the Google Meet folder, in a subfolder for the meeting. Google also sends the recording link to the organizer and the person who started the recording.

Open the recording in Drive and choose Download before uploading it to Noisero.

If the recording is still processing in Google Drive, wait until the file is ready before downloading it.

Google Meet has noise cancellation that can reduce background sounds during a live meeting.

That is different from cleaning a meeting after it has already been recorded.

Live noise cancellation helps while people are speaking on the call. Noisero works on the finished recording itself.

If the meeting is already over and the saved video contains unwanted noise, you can download the recording and process the file separately.

Results depend on the recording, but common problems worth trying include:

• laptop or computer fan noise;
• air conditioner and HVAC noise;
• steady room noise;
• electrical hum;
• hiss;
• keyboard noise;
• traffic in the background;
• other environmental noise.

For specific problems, see:

• remove fan noise from audio
• remove air conditioner noise from audio
• remove room noise from audio
• remove hum from audio
• remove hiss from audio
• remove keyboard noise from audio
• remove traffic noise from audio

Background noise is easiest to separate when it is clearly different from the speaker's voice.

A steady fan or air conditioner may be easier to reduce than:

• several people speaking at once;
• music playing behind someone;
• loud traffic overlapping speech;
• severe echo;
• microphone clipping;
• distorted audio.

If unwanted sound completely covers part of the speech, noise reduction cannot perfectly reconstruct words that were never captured clearly.

For the best comparison, start with the original Google Meet recording rather than a file that has already been processed by several audio tools.

Repeated noise reduction can make speech sound thin, metallic or unnatural.

Upload the cleanest source file available and compare the preview with the original before processing the entire meeting.

Cleaning a Google Meet recording can be useful before:

• sharing an internal meeting with colleagues;
• publishing a webinar or interview;
• turning a meeting into training material;
• sending a client call to someone who was not present;
• creating clips from a recorded discussion.

For similar workflows, see:

• clean up webinar recording audio
• remove background noise from Zoom recording
• remove background noise from Microsoft Teams recording
• remove background noise from video

A few recording habits can reduce the amount of cleanup needed later:

• use Google Meet noise cancellation when available;
• keep the microphone close to the speaker;
• move away from fans and air conditioners;
• use headphones to reduce speaker echo;
• mute participants who are not speaking;
• avoid typing close to the microphone.

A cleaner source recording will usually produce a better final result than aggressive processing afterward.