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> Clean up filler words, stutters, silences, and punctuation in workflow outputs.

# Filler words

> Remove speech clutter and transcript punctuation before the workflow moves on to finishing or export.

The **Remove Filler Words** node is an **Editing** action node for cleaning up spoken content in a workflow. Use it after the workflow has a video or clips to process, and before any downstream node that should use the cleaned result.

<Info>
  ### Schema

  * **Input**: Video or clips from an earlier workflow node
  * **Output**: Video/clips output with the selected cleanup options applied
</Info>

## Add the node

Open **Workflows** from the left sidebar and click **New** to open the workflow builder.

Add a trigger or source node first. When the builder moves to the **Editing** stage, choose **Remove Filler Words** from the left node panel. Overlap adds it as an action node on the canvas.

Click the **Remove Filler Words** node on the canvas whenever you need to reopen its settings on the right side.

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/overlap-1436d2b7/bENAm-JjxqSKGEKN/images/generated/beta-filler-words-node-settings-framed.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=bENAm-JjxqSKGEKN&q=85&s=ebc1b8494e2b35de2e1ff92d7e3f80f8" alt="Remove Filler Words node settings panel" width="2192" height="1323" data-path="images/generated/beta-filler-words-node-settings-framed.png" />
</Frame>

## Choose what to remove

All cleanup options are off by default. Turn on only the passes you want this workflow to run.

* **Remove Filler Words**: Clean up words like `uh`, `um`, and `mhmm` from speech.
* **Remove Stuttered Words**: Clean up repetitive words like `I I I` or `the the the`.
* **Remove Silences**: Cut out long pauses and silence gaps from your video.
* **Remove Punctuation**: Remove periods, commas, and other punctuation from the transcript.

The node card shows **No removal enabled** until at least one cleanup option is turned on.

## Place it in the workflow

Place **Remove Filler Words** after the node that produces the video or clips you want to clean.

For a clip workflow, a common order is:

* **Find Clips** -> **Remove Filler Words** -> **Add Subtitles** -> export

For a manual cleanup workflow, you can place it directly after **Manual Trigger** and then continue into subtitles, reframing, branding, or export.

## Build the rest of the workflow

After cleanup is configured, continue with finishing nodes such as [Add Subtitles](/nodes/subtitles), [Reframe](/nodes/reframe), [Watermarks, Outros, etc.](/nodes/branding), or an export node. Click **Publish** when the workflow is ready to run.