New User: How to delete portions of a file

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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Hello. I am switching from Audio Audition to Audacity. I routinely record a meeting for which I only need a portion of the meeting for a podcast. How to I select a point and then delete everything up to that point? How do I select a point and then delete everything after that point?

Thanks.

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The easiest way to do this is to just select the portion you want and then use Edit > Remove Special > Trim Audio or its shortcut Ctrl + T - or the Trim button in the Edit Toolbar


or if you do want to do it in two steps

  1. move cursor to the first edit point

  2. use Shift and the “Cursor to home” button in the transport toolbar - or just click and drag leftwards to the beginning

  3. Edit > Delete or shortcut Ctrl + K

  4. move cursor to the second edit point

  5. use Shift and the “Cursor to end” button in the transport toolbar - or just click and drag rightwards to the end

  6. Edit > Delete or shortcut Ctrl + K

WC

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Thanks. I’ll give this a try.