# How To Turn Off Envelope Tool

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-turn-off-envelope-tool/58069>\
**Category:** Windows\
**Created:** [July 23, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-turn-off-envelope-tool/58069 "2020-07-23T06:06:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![GordonDelgado](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/76d3ee/32.png) [@GordonDelgado](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/GordonDelgado)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-turn-off-envelope-tool/58069/1 "2020-07-23T06:06:12Z")

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Hi All, thanks for reading…

I am fairly new to Audacity, but enjoying the experience. Mostly 🙂  
Using version 2.4.1 in Windows 10.  
I have several times got “stuck” in envelope mode, and I can’t find any way out except by exiting Audacity and restarting it!

The “tools” toolbar I have hidden, to prevent my klutzing the buttons. There must be some part of the screen (other than the toolbar button) that I am accidentally clicking, or a key combination that I have fat-fingered, in order get hurled into this envelope mode. I will figure that out eventually, but I need some way of exiting.

Googled for an answer.  
Hit the ESC key.  
Hit Ctrl-Z.  
Searched the menus.  
Still no luck…

There must be a key?  
Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/kozikowski)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-turn-off-envelope-tool/58069/2 "2020-07-23T07:19:46Z")

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Envelope Tool is F2. Selector (I-Bar) is F1.

That doesn’t work on my machine because I have other functions mapped to those buttons.

I think we went through this a while back…

Koz

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**Author:** ![kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/919ad9/32.png) [@kozikowski](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/kozikowski)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-turn-off-envelope-tool/58069/3 "2020-07-23T07:22:42Z")

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[https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-for-cooledit-user-reducing-the-learning-curve/42289/5](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-for-cooledit-user-reducing-the-learning-curve/42289/5)

Koz

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**Author:** ![steve](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@steve](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/steve)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-turn-off-envelope-tool/58069/4 "2020-07-23T10:12:15Z")

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> The “tools” toolbar I have hidden, to prevent my klutzing the buttons.

If you “Never” use envelopes, then you can disable the (“F2”) shortcut in [Keyboard Preferences](https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/keyboard_preferences.html).

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**Author:** ![GordonDelgado](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/76d3ee/32.png) [@GordonDelgado](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/GordonDelgado)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-turn-off-envelope-tool/58069/5 "2020-07-23T16:44:33Z")

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Problem solved, thanks so much!