Edit

The Edit Menu provides standard edit commands (Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete) plus many other commands specific to editing audio or labels.

Undo

Keyboard shortcuts:

• Windows: Ctrl + Z

• macOS: ⌘ + Z

• Linux: Super + Z

Undoes the last editing operation you performed to your project. You can undo as many times as you want, all the way back to when you opened the window. To undo many operations, select History from the View Menu. The name of this menu item will change to reflect what will be undone; if you just recorded some audio, the menu item name will be Undo Record.

Redo

Redoes any editing operations that were just undone. After you perform a new editing operation, you can no longer redo the operations that were undone.

Cut

Removes the selected audio data and/or labels and places these on the Audacity clipboard. Audio or labels after the selection move leftwards.

Copy

Copies the selected audio data to the Audacity clipboard without removing it from the project.

Paste

Pastes audio which has been cut or copied to the Audacity clipboard, either inserting it into the selected track(s) at the cursor point, or replacing the current selection region(s).

Delete

Similar to Cut, but removes the audio data and/or labels that are currently selected without copying them to the Audacity clipboard.

Group Clips

Allows you to group clips and labels

Ungroup Clips

Ungroup already created groups of clips and labels

Duplicate

If a clip is selected, then creates a new track containing only the current selection as a new clip.

If a track is selected, then duplicates the entire track.

Delete and Close Gap (per track)

Deletes the selected region within clip(s) and merges the clips inbetween.

Clip

Menu that allows certain interactions:

Rename Clip

Allows you to rename the clip

Trim Clip

Trims the clip around the created selection

Split

Splits the clips into 2 clips at playhead crossing

Split into New Track

Split clips at silences

Join Selected Clips

Group Clips

Ungroup Clips

Silence Audio

Audio actions across Labels

Manage Labels

Metadata Editor

Preferences