# 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.

**Where:** Voice editor → Censor (right-hand rail).

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.

## Related

- [Bleep swearing and sensitive words — the whole episode, one pass](https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/censor-swearing)
- [What is the difference between Delete and Ignore?](https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/delete-vs-ignore)
- [How do I edit the transcript — what can I actually do?](https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/edit-transcript)

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Source: https://mubert.com/tools/cast/docs/censor-vs-delete-length · Cast docs
Last updated: 2026-07-31