# Importing multiple files into a new project

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/importing-multiple-files-into-a-new-project/154938>\
**Category:** Audacity 4\
**Created:** [November 11, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/importing-multiple-files-into-a-new-project/154938 "2026-11-11T16:31:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![TC1](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TC1](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/TC1)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/importing-multiple-files-into-a-new-project/154938/1 "2026-11-11T16:31:47Z")

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If a New Project is created and files imported using drag & drop, the file names are NOT copied to the track labels. If a New Project is NOT created, dragging and dropping to the opening screen, the file names are copied to the track labels.  
In Audacity 3.7, multiple tracks are automatically sorted into filename order but in Audacity 4, they are not and there doesn’t seem to be an option for sorting tracks similar to that found in Audacity 3.7

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**Author:** ![billw58](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/billw58/32/32255_2.png) [@billw58](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/billw58)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/importing-multiple-files-into-a-new-project/154938/2 "2026-11-11T19:34:54Z")

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Thanks for the report. This is a known issue.

> <https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/12297>
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> \### Bug description
> 
> AU3 did this. AU4 names the track after the file name when …the file is imported via File \> Import.
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> \### Steps to reproduce
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> \- Import a file via drag-and-drop
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> \### Expected behavior
> 
> Track is named after the file name.
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> \### Actual behavior
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> Track is named Audio 1 (etc.).
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> \### Audacity Version
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> Audacity 4.0.0
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> \### Operating system
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> OS independent
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> \### Additional context
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> Reported on the forum
> https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/imported-file-name-as-track-name/154285

It looks like it might be fixed soon.