Opened in your browser.
Your browser's own decoder reads the note. Opus and OGG files open in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari 27; an older Safari may not open them.
SOLIPSIUM Super resolution audio engine
Free audio tool
Turn a WhatsApp voice note into an MP3.
Save a voice note, Opus or OGG file as an MP3 that plays almost anywhere.
Drop a voice note here
It is converted to MP3 in your browser, without uploading it. Solipsium then checks a note of up to five minutes for noise and can repair its first 20 seconds for you to hear, with no account.
Opus, OGG, M4A, WebM, AAC, MP3 or WAV (CAF in Safari), up to 15 minutes.
Save the voice note
An MP3 leaves out some sound to stay small, and so does Opus, so converting loses a little more. A higher bitrate keeps that small; a WAV adds no MP3 loss but is several times larger. MP3 files are made with lamejs, a JavaScript port of LAME, under the GNU LGPL.
Your first 20 seconds
After signing up, drop the same file into the editor to repair all of it.
What Solipsium hears
Make a free account to repair the whole recording
Then drop the same file into the editor. Scans and short repairs are free.
From WhatsApp
Get the voice note out of WhatsApp.
WhatsApp keeps voice notes inside the app. Save the one you want as a file, then drop it on the converter above.
On an iPhone
Open the chat, then press and hold the voice note until its menu opens.
Tap Forward, then tap the Share button at the bottom right.
Tap Save to Files and pick a folder. Then press Choose a voice note above and pick it from Files.
Menus vary by phone and app version.
On Android
Press and hold the voice note, then tap Share. It may sit under the three dots at the top.
Send it to your phone's files, Google Drive or your own email, then choose it here.
Or open your phone's Files app and find the WhatsApp Voice Notes folder, on many phones under Android, media, com.whatsapp, WhatsApp, Media. Copy the one note you want and leave the folder where it is.
Menus vary by phone and app version.
WhatsApp on a computer
Open the chat in the WhatsApp app for your computer, or in WhatsApp Web.
Point at the voice note and click the small arrow that appears beside it, or right-click it.
Choose Download and save it, usually to your Downloads folder, then drop it here.
Menus vary by app version.
How it works
From voice note to MP3.
Your browser does the converting. Audio goes to Solipsium only if you press Repair the first 20 seconds.
Saved as MP3 or WAV.
The sound is saved at 44.1 kHz as a constant 192 kbps MP3, or at another bitrate you choose, or as a 16-bit WAV.
Then checked for noise.
A note of up to five minutes is also checked in your browser for noise, hum, clipping and muffled sound, and Solipsium can repair its first 20 seconds for you to hear, with no account.
Questions
Voice notes and Opus files.
Where are WhatsApp voice notes stored on Android?
In a folder called WhatsApp Voice Notes, inside WhatsApp's Media folder, sorted into folders by date. On many phones the path is Android, media, com.whatsapp, WhatsApp, Media. Copy the one note you want and leave the folder in place. Folder names vary by phone and app version.
How do I save a WhatsApp voice message on iPhone?
Press and hold it, tap Forward, then tap the Share button at the bottom right and choose Save to Files.
Why won't my computer play an .opus file?
Opus is the format WhatsApp saves voice notes in, and many music players and older programs do not open it. An MP3 plays almost anywhere, so convert the note here.
Does converting Opus to MP3 lose quality?
A little. Both formats leave out sound to stay small, so a second conversion loses a bit more. Choose 192 kbps or more, or save a WAV, which is larger but adds no MP3 loss.
Is my voice note uploaded?
Not to convert it: the MP3 or WAV is made in your browser, and the check runs there too. Audio goes to Solipsium only when you press Repair the first 20 seconds. If the check opened a mono or stereo note here, only its first 20 seconds are sent. Otherwise, as when this browser cannot read the format or the note is over five minutes, the whole file is sent, up to 25 MB, and Solipsium keeps only its first 20 seconds. The words next to the button say which. Either way they are deleted within an hour.
Can it convert AMR or 3GP files?
Chrome, Edge and Firefox cannot open AMR sound, which many Android voicemails and some 3GP files carry, so this page cannot convert those files in them. Solipsium's server can open them: drop one here and the free try can send it whole, up to 25 MB, and repair its first 20 seconds for you to hear.
A voice note you want to keep?
On the family recordings page, Solipsium checks a voicemail or voice note for noise, hum and clipping, and with a free account you repair the seconds that are hard to hear.
Check a family recording
The check and the 20-second try need no account.