Bleeping & censoring
Does bleeping change my episode’s length?
No. A bleep sits on top of the word — the original is muted for that span and the cover plays over it — so the episode runs exactly as long as before. Deleting a word is the one that shortens the timeline; censoring only covers.
Censoring is a cover, not a cut. The word underneath is muted and a beep, noise, or silence plays over that exact span; nothing is removed, so the runtime, your chapters, and every music cue all stay where they were.
If you would rather the word were gone than covered, that is a Delete instead — select it in the transcript and delete, and the audio is cut and the episode gets shorter. A simple rule: Censor to cover a word, Delete to remove it.