YouTube Vocal Remover

Turn any YouTube song into a karaoke track

unstem.me works as a YouTube vocal remover for any public YouTube link. It uses an AI model trained on studio multitracks to separate the vocals from the rest of a song. Paste a YouTube URL, hit Split stems, and you get back four tracks: vocals, drums, bass and other instruments. For a karaoke-style instrumental, click Instrumental and you get one MP3 with everything but the vocals.

It's web-based, free, and runs in under a minute for most songs. No software, no signup, no need to track down an "official" karaoke version of the song.

How to remove vocals from a YouTube song

1. Copy the YouTube URL. Open the song on YouTube and copy the link from the address bar or the Share button.
2. Paste it on unstem.me. Go to the homepage and drop the URL into the input field.
3. Hit "Split stems". The AI splits vocals from the rest of the mix in under a minute for most songs.
4. Download the instrumental. Click Instrumental for one MP3 without vocals, or Acapella for the vocals only. The separate stems are there too.

What you can do with a vocal-free track

• Sing karaoke at home with the original arrangement instead of a generic MIDI version.
• Practice an instrument by playing along with the real production, minus the singer.
• Record a cover with the original backing track behind your own vocal.
• Make a remix by using the acapella (vocals stem) on top of a new production.
• Teach or transcribe by isolating the lead line away from everything else.

YouTube to instrumental, acapella or karaoke — one split

People reach for different words — a YouTube to instrumental converter, a YouTube to karaoke converter, a way to get the acapella from a YouTube video — but under the hood it's the same operation: separate the vocals from everything else. One split on unstem.me covers all three:

• Instrumental — one click gives you a single MP3 with the singer removed, at the original key and tempo.
• Karaoke — same instrumental, used as a backing track. Because it comes from the real production (not a MIDI remake), it sounds like the record.
• Acapella — one click gives you just the vocals. Useful for remixes, mashups, and studying a vocal performance.

No conversion software, no separate downloads step — paste the link, split once, and take whichever stems you need as MP3s.

Related tools

• YouTube to stems— split the full track into vocals, drums, bass and other. →
• YouTube stem splitter— full 4-stem split, not just vocal removal. →
• SoundCloud stem splitter— same flow, for SoundCloud tracks. →
• Instagram stem splitter— extract audio from public Reels and posts. →
• unstem.me home— paste a link and run it now. →

From the blog

• How to get stems from a YouTube link— the full walkthrough.→
• How to edit stems in Ableton Live— what to do once you have them.→
• How to make karaoke from any song using stems— key/BPM matching, guide vocals and a worked example.→
• More guides on the blog— tutorials on stems, remixing and production.→