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@Ela Hunter In YouTube Studio’s current editor, there isn’t actually a way to fully remove the original audio from an uploaded video, you can only add or replace tracks, which often ends up layering them like you experienced. The only way to completely mute or strip out the original audio right now is to use a third-party video editor (Premiere, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, etc.), export the file without sound, and then re-upload it to YouTube. If you’d rather not re-upload, the closest option is to lower the original audio volume all the way down in the Editor → Audio → Adjust mix settings. That should mute the original and keep only the new track. Have you already tried dragging the mix slider all the way to “Music only,” or did YouTube still keep blending both for you?