How to: Delete All Redactions Within a Footage

Need to start fresh with your video redactions? CaseGuard Studio makes it easy to remove all redactions – both visual and audio – from your footage in just a few simple steps. Follow this guide to delete or disable redactions efficiently.

Step 1: Open the Video File

Launch CaseGuard Studio and navigate to the video file you want to edit.

Step 2: Open and Pin the Activity Panel

Pin the Video Activity Panel to view a list of all detected and redacted objects within the video.

Step 3: Select and Delete Visual Redactions

At the bottom of the Video Activity Panel:

  • Click the checkbox to select all items.

Then, click the trash icon to delete all redactions from the video.

Video Activity panel with three items (Box 1, Box 2, Box 3) each showing a thumbnail and a left checkbox; bottom delete icon highlighted.

Tip: If you prefer to disable redactions instead of deleting them, click the eye icon after selecting all items. This will hide the redactions without removing them permanently.

Video Activity panel with three items (Box 1–Box 3); left checkboxes show selections; thumbnails visible; bottom action bar with icons for common actions.

Step 4: Delete Audio Redactions

If your video includes redacted audio:

Navigate to the Audio Activity panel located next to the Video Activity panel. This will display all detected and applied audio activities.

Audio Activity panel listing four segments with times and checkboxes; segments 1–4 are shown with Manual labels and selectable boxes

Check the boxes next to the specific audio activities you want to delete. If you would like to remove all audio activities, select the main checkbox at the top of the list to automatically select all items.

After selecting the desired items, click the Trash icon to delete them.

Audio Activity panel listing four manual segments (1–4) with checked boxes: Segments show time ranges 00:21.11–00:28.72, 00:32.24–00:38.12, 00:41.44–00:46.52, 00:49.33–00:56.01; bottom toolbar includes action icons (select, view, delete, grid, etc.).

  • Final Result

    The selected audio activities will be removed from the panel and no longer applied to the project.

Conclusion

Whether you’re removing visual redactions, audio redactions, or both, CaseGuard Studio provides flexible and powerful tools to help you efficiently manage and refine your edits.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact our support team at 📧 [email protected] — we’re always happy to help.