Splitting a recording into separate tracks only makes one file

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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Using Audacity for the first time. I’m following the instructions at Splitting a recording into separate tracks | Audacity Support

I’m trying to split a .wav file with about a dozen songs into separate tracks in different files. Looks pretty straightforward: import the .wav file, add Labels, tell Audacity to export as multiple files, tell it to split tracks based on Labels, export the files.
But Audacity only exports one .wav file, not the ~!2 I’m expecting.

Also, when I click on “edit metadata” I only get the chance to edit track 1, not multiples as the documentation describes. So, it appears that Audacity is not seeing or recognizing the labels. Is there some way to get it to recognize the labels?

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I do it differently…

I select-highlight one track at a time and then on the export screen I choose Current Selection to export one track at a time.

…Sometimes I’ll select a little extra and then re-import the files to trim the silence at the beginning & end.

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Is it possible that you are simply choosing Entire Project instead of Multiple Files at the exporting stage? That might explain your result. Just a thought.
Mark B

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Yeah, I wound up finishing the current project that way - do everything by hand instead of the software making it easy. But the docs seem to not be in sync with the software.

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No, that’s not the problem. The software appears to be broken. At least it’s free.

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I have never seen your particular issue reported on the forum before. Are you willing to share your project file and let me try?
Mark B

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