# Lengthening an audio clip

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/lengthening-an-audio-clip/26722>\
**Category:** macOS\
**Created:** [October 17, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/lengthening-an-audio-clip/26722 "2012-10-17T15:06:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jaimejordan20](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jaimejordan20](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/jaimejordan20)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/lengthening-an-audio-clip/26722/1 "2012-10-17T15:06:18Z")

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I cut a piece of audio a little too short. I’d like to lengthen it out about a second at the beginning. Is there a way to do this without going back to the source audio? I looked everywhere for an answer but couldn’t find one anywhere. Thanks for you help.

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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:** [October 17, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/lengthening-an-audio-clip/26722/2 "2012-10-17T16:11:56Z")

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If the Audacity project is still open you can “Undo” previous actions - Select “Undo” from the Edit menu or use the keyboard shortcut **Ctrl+Z**