How to Edit Voice Memos on Android

This wikiHow teaches you how to edit voice memos created in Google Keep or Sony Audio Recorder on an Android phone or tablet.

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Open Google Keep on your Android. It’s the yellow icon with a white light bulb inside. You’ll usually find it in the app drawer.
- It’s not possible to edit the content of an existing voice memo in Keep, but you can delete it or add an additional voice memo to the same note.
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Tap the note that contains the voice memo. Notes with audio recordings have a Play icon (a sideways triangle) at their bottom-left edges.
3
Add a new voice memo. Here’s how:
- Tap + at the bottom-left corner of the note.
- Tap Recording.
- Say what you want to say. When you stop speaking, Keep will stop recording.
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Delete an existing voice memo. Here’s how:
- Tap X on the memo.
- Tap DELETE on the confirmation pop-up.

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Open Audio Recorder on your Android. It’s the red icon with a white microphone inside a circle.
- Use this method if you installed Sony Audio Recorder from the Play Store (or if you’re using a Sony-made Android that came with this app).
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Tap the RECORDINGS tab. It’s hear the top-right corner of the screen. All of your audio recordings made with this app appear here.
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Rename a voice memo. To change the name of the recording:
- Tap ⁝ on the voice memo.
- Tap Rename.
- Type a new name for the file.
- Tap OK.
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Crop a voice memo. To trim the ends off of the recording:
- Tap ⁝ on the voice memo.
- Tap Crop.
- Drag the left green marker to the place you want the audio to begin.
- Drag the right green marker to the place you want the audio to end.
- Tap the Play button to listen to the recording.
- Tap OK to save your changes.
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Add sound effects to the recording. You can choose one of two sound filters to personalize your recording. Here’s how:
- Tap ⁝ on the voice memo.
- Tap Filters.
- Select Wind filter or Normalize filter. This saves a new copy of the recording with the filter applied.
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Delete a voice memo. If you want to remove a memo from the list:
- Tap ⁝ on the voice memo.
- Tap Delete.
- Tap OK.