CapCut is a timeline. This is a transcript.
CapCut wants you to finish the video: captions in their style, effects, music. Identify filler words is one pass on that timeline. Remove Filler Words never opens a timeline. You review chips on a transcript, preview by seeking over cuts, and optionally encode. If you still need CapCut’s captions look, export from here and drop the clean file into CapCut — or skip CapCut when the cut is the whole job.
Why people look for a CapCut alternative for ums
The desktop app is heavy for a 4-minute talking head. Some features sit behind a login. This tab has no account. Chromium, a file under about 100 MB, and you are in. It will not match CapCut’s effects marketplace. It will take ums out of a lesson you already framed.
Keep CapCut for the rest of the stack
Mobile drafts, templates, auto-reframe. Completely different product. Use both if you want: clean fillers here, decorate there.
Identify filler words without the CapCut project
CapCut’s identify-filler-words feature is the right control inside a social editor. This page is that control as a website: no install, no effects pack, ums marked on a transcript.
Export from here and drop the clean file into CapCut if you still want their captions look. Or skip CapCut when the cut is the whole job.