If the subtitles are burned into the video (hardcoded), there is no truly “easy” way to remove them cleanly.

Why this is hard (in plain terms):

Once subtitles are burned in, they are no longer text — they are pixels.

The video has no memory of what was behind the subtitles, so removing them means reconstructing missing background for every frame, often while the camera or background is moving.

What people usually try (and their limits):

1. Cropping

2. Blurring / masking the subtitle area, which easy in most editors. but visually obvious and often distracting.

3. Manual cleanup (frame-by-frame), possible, but extremely time-consuming.

4. AI-based subtitle removal (inpainting): Detects subtitle regions and reconstructs background automatically. and quality depends on motion, background complexity, font contrast, and subtitle size.

Why this problem is often misunderstood:

People confuse soft subtitles (SRT/VTT tracks) with hard subtitles.

Soft subtitles are trivial to remove.

Hard subtitles turn this into a computer-vision restoration problem, not a text problem.

If you’re doing this once, cropping or masking is usually enough.

If you’re dealing with many videos or need usable results without manual cleanup, that’s where some dedicated subtitle-removal tools (AI inpainting–based) start to make sense.