I need to cut multiple tracks at once [SOLVED]

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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Hello,

I have about 100 short audio file tracks open in audacity and need to cut the first five seconds of all of them. It seems it is only possible to cut them one by one, is there any function that would enable me to cut the first five seconds of all of them at once?

Thanks,

Cori

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Assuming that each audio clip is in a separate track, and each starts at time = 0

Select the first 5 seconds in one track,
then “Edit menu > Select > In all tracks”,
then “Edit menu > Cut” (or “Edit > Delete” if you don’t want a copy of the removed audio on the copy/paste clipboard).

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Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much!