How to close multiple tracks from Audacity window?

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How to close multiple tracks from Audacity window?

Post by audio-enthusiast » Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:06 am

I have opened 50 wav files using *.lof file (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/lof_files.html).

I want to close all the tracks - without exiting audacity. Is there a faster way to do this without clicking on each individual x button on track corners?

Win 10. Audacity 2.2
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Re: How to close multiple tracks from Audacity window?

Post by kozikowski » Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:13 am

Audacity 2.2
Hopefully 2.2.2. 2.2 is a bogus version.

I doubt it. Even when I select all the tracks they only delete one at a time.

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Re: How to close multiple tracks from Audacity window?

Post by kozikowski » Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:15 am

File > New.

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Re: How to close multiple tracks from Audacity window?

Post by audio-enthusiast » Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:53 am

File > New.
It starts a new audacity instance. I want to close all tracks in original instance of audacity.

Is it possible?
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Re: How to close multiple tracks from Audacity window?

Post by steve » Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:22 am

audio-enthusiast wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:06 am
 I have opened 50 wav files using *.lof file (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/lof_files.html).

I want to close all the tracks - without exiting audacity. Is there a faster way to do this without clicking on each individual x button on track corners?
The quickest way is to Close the project "File menu > Close". Note that this closes the project but does not Quit the application.

If you only want to remove selected tracks: "Tracks menu > Remove Tracks". You can also use this after "Ctrl + A" (Select All)
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Re: How to close multiple tracks from Audacity window?

Post by kozikowski » Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:46 pm

"Tracks menu > Remove Tracks". You can also use this after "Ctrl + A" (Select All)
That's it. I only got the select part. You can also click the first track (just right of the up arrow) and Shift + last track. All the tracks in the middle go, too.

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