YouTube is allowing creators access to an improved tool, ‘Erase Song’, that allows a copyrighted song to be removed without affecting other audio in the video.

YouTube chief Neal Mohan posted about the tool on X and said: “Good news, creators: our updated Erase Song tool helps you easily remove copyright-claimed music from your video (while leaving the rest of your audio intact).”

In the video, the company said the erasing tool has undergone testing. It noted that the new tool uses an AI-powered algorithm to detect and remove that song without impacting other audio in the clip.

Despite the testing, the results may not always be perfect. When the tool fails to get rid of copyrighted content, creators can mute all sound in sections of the video that have been flagged for containing copyrighted material. YouTube’s support page says the Erase Song tool “might not work if the song is hard to remove”.