What is a lower third?
It is the name, title or label shown over the lower part of the frame while someone is on screen, for example a guest name with a job title.
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Video Lower Thirds Remover: Remove Lower Thirds from Video Online
Clear the name bar or label from your own interview, lesson or talk. Remove only the letters or the plate too, set when the bar shows, then add the new name in your editor.
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MP4, MOV or WebM · up to 60 seconds and 50 MiB
Before / after
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- Clip
- 9 seconds · 1280×720 · 25 fps
- Source
- Processed with the same model this tool uses and edited for comparison. It is not a task submitted on this site.
- Footage
- Real footage from Pexels (video 8048247 by Antoni Shkraba), used under the Pexels license and cut to 9 seconds. We added the name bar. "Alex Rivera" and "Product Lead" are made-up demo text: the person in the footage has no connection to that name or title and does not endorse this site.
- Model
- WaveSpeed Video Eraser, the same model this tool uses
- At this site's rate
- 9 credits at 1 credit per second for 9 seconds
- How it was made
- We added the name bar and ran the same footage through the same eraser model twice with the prompt "remove text": once marking the whole bar, once marking only the letters. In each, the marked box uses the model output while the bar is on screen, blended in over 0.3 seconds, and the rest keeps the original frame. The raw model outputs are kept. It was not an order placed on this site.
- Original
- The footage with a made-up name bar, on screen from about 0.8 to 8.1 seconds. No audio track.
- Bar removed
- Letters and plate both removed. The model rebuilds the shirt and the shelf behind the plate; it does not recover the original pixels.
- Text only
- Letters removed and the plate kept. The repaired area can show a slight change in texture.
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What it does
What a video lower thirds remover does
A lower third is the name bar or label that sits in the lower part of the picture, such as a guest name and job title. The remover repaints the area you box so that it disappears. You decide how much to box: only the letters, or the letters and the plate together.
- Box only the letters to keep the plate, or the plate too to clear it
- Up to three fixed areas, each with its own time range
- Play the whole clip: a bar that slides in needs every position covered
Before you start
Video Lower Thirds Remover: facts and quick answers
Video Lower Thirds Remover takes a burned-in name bar, title or label plate out of a video by rebuilding the picture behind it. It is for bars that are already part of the exported picture, not for a text layer you can still delete in an editor. For dialogue lines, see the subtitle remover.
- Works on
- Name bars, speaker titles and label plates in the lower part of the picture.
- Works best when
- A plain plate that stays put over a calm background.
- Harder when
- A bar that animates or is see-through, or one that covers a face, hands or patterned clothing.
- Not the right tool when
- A label that is a separate track or layer you can switch off or delete.
- Today
- Choose a clip, set up the removal and submit it for processing. Your video is uploaded only when you press the remove button.
- Cost
- Up to two trial runs per account, each for a clip of up to 15 seconds, shared across the server-processed video removal tools and subject to usage limits. Paid runs use credits; review the estimate before submitting.
- Last checked
- 2026-10-24
Quick answers
Is this the same as removing subtitles?
The method is the same, but the text is different. Subtitles follow speech, while a lower third labels a person or a place. Use the subtitle remover for dialogue lines.
Compared
Letters only, or the whole plate?
What you box decides what stays on screen. Pick the version that fits the next edit.
| What you box | What stays | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Only the letters | The empty plate stays on screen. | Whether the empty plate looks natural and no letter edge remains. |
| The letters and the whole plate | No bar. The picture behind it is rebuilt. | The area behind it, such as a wall or a shirt. |
| A plate with a border or soft shadow | A clean frame, when the box includes the shadow edge. | A faint outline at the edge of the box. |
| A bar that slides or fades in and out | Only what your boxes cover, in their time ranges. | Every frame of the move, since the tool does not follow the bar. |
| A bar over a person or clothes | A harder repair that has to rebuild fabric, hands or skin. | Sleeves, collars and hands, as in the still example where the plate covers a sleeve. |
Only the letters
What stays: The empty plate stays on screen.
What to check: Whether the empty plate looks natural and no letter edge remains.
The letters and the whole plate
What stays: No bar. The picture behind it is rebuilt.
What to check: The area behind it, such as a wall or a shirt.
A plate with a border or soft shadow
What stays: A clean frame, when the box includes the shadow edge.
What to check: A faint outline at the edge of the box.
A bar that slides or fades in and out
What stays: Only what your boxes cover, in their time ranges.
What to check: Every frame of the move, since the tool does not follow the bar.
A bar over a person or clothes
What stays: A harder repair that has to rebuild fabric, hands or skin.
What to check: Sleeves, collars and hands, as in the still example where the plate covers a sleeve.
People and use cases
Name Bars You May Need to Clear
For interviews, lessons and talks you own or may edit, when the name on screen is out of date or no longer fits the new cut.
Choose a videoInterview editors
Clear the old guest name before you reuse a clip in a new episode or a trailer, then add the right label in your editor.
Course teams
An instructor changed their title or left. Remove the old bar from the exported lesson instead of recording it again.
Brand and localisation teams
A label is in the wrong language for another market. Clear it, then add the new label in the editor.
How to use it
How to use the video lower thirds remover
Choose a clip, set up the removal and check the processed result before downloading. Time ranges are applied in your browser; processing is still charged for the full uploaded clip.
Choose your video
Choose a clip for free, with no login needed. It plays on your device while you mark it; processing is a separate step.
Box the name bar
Box only the letters if you want to keep the plate, or the letters and the plate to clear both. Set the time range in which the bar is on screen. If it slides in, cover every position it passes through.
Process and check
Review the credit estimate before submitting. After processing, check the full result and download the version you want to keep.
Quality guide
What to Expect from a Video Lower Thirds Remover
Results depend on the plate, what sits behind it and how it moves. Play the whole clip before you use it. The quality guide explains what affects the result.
Easier cases
A good place to start.
- A plain plate over a calm background
- A bar that stays in one place
- Letters only, with the plate left in place
Harder cases
Plan to check these more closely.
- A bar that slides, scales or fades in
- A plate over hands, a face or patterned clothing
- See-through plates and soft shadows
Before you use the result
Look closely at these spots.
- Where the bar was, at the start, middle and end of its time range
- Sleeves, collars and hands near the plate
- The frames just before it appears and after it leaves
More tools
Other Video Tools
Each tool has its own page. Open the one that matches what you want to remove.
FAQ
Video Lower Thirds Remover FAQ
Choose a clip, box the name bar, set when it shows and press the remove button. You can check the result before you download it.
Box only the letters. The area inside the box is rebuilt to match its surroundings, so a plain plate usually closes up cleanly, while a plate with a gradient, border or logo can show a patch. Check the result.
You can set up to three fixed boxes with separate time ranges. They do not follow a moving bar, so cover every position the bar passes through and check each frame of the move.
That is harder to repair, because the tool has to rebuild what was hidden. Look closely at sleeves, collars, hands and faces in the result before you use it.
Choosing and previewing a clip is free. Each account can use up to two trial runs, each for a clip of up to 15 seconds, shared across the server-processed video removal tools and subject to human verification and usage limits. Paid runs use credits; review the estimate before submitting.
The result can fall back to removing every marked area for the whole clip, and the page says so when it happens. Read the message after processing and check the exported file before you use it.
Your video stays on your device during preview. It is uploaded only when you submit a removal task.
Only edit videos you own or have permission to change.
Only edit videos you own or have permission to change.
Clear the Name, Keep the Interview
Choose your clip and box the name bar. Add the new name or title in your editor after removal.
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