Audacity Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 135 default keyboard shortcuts found in Audacity.

Keyboard Shortcuts

File Menu

Ctrl N — New

Ctrl O — Open

Ctrl W — Close

Ctrl Q — Exit

Ctrl S — Save project

Ctrl Shift E — Export audio

Ctrl Shift L — Export multiple

Ctrl Shift I — Import audio

Edit Menu

Ctrl Z — Undo

Ctrl Y — Redo

Ctrl X — Cut

Ctrl K — Delete

Ctrl C — Copy

Ctrl V — Paste

Ctrl D — Duplicate

Ctrl P — Preferences

Ctrl Alt X — Split cut

Ctrl Alt K — Split delete

Ctrl L — Silence audio

Ctrl T — Trim audio

Ctrl Alt I — Split new

Ctrl J — Join

Ctrl Shift J — Detach at silences

Ctrl B — Add label at selection

Ctrl M — Add label at playback position

Ctrl Alt V — Paste text to new label

Alt X — Cut labeled audio

Alt K — Delete labeled audio

Alt Shift X — Split cut labeled audio

Alt Shift K — Split delete labeled audio

Alt L — Silence labeled audio

Alt Shift C — Copy labeled audio

Alt I — Split labeled audio

Alt J — Join labeled audio

Alt Shift J — Detach labeled audio at silences

Extra Menu

F11 — Toggle full screen

1 — Play one second

B — Play to selection

Shift F5 — Play before selection start

Shift F6 — Play after selection start

Shift F7 — Play before selection end

Shift F8 — Play after selection end

Ctrl Shift F5 — Play before and after selection start

Ctrl Shift F7 — Play before and after selection end

C — Play cut preview

F1 — Selection tool

F2 — Envelope tool

F3 — Draw tool

F4 — Zoom tool

F5 — Time shift tool

F6 — Multi tool

A — Previous tool

D — Next tool

Backspace — Delete

Alt Left — Move to previous label

Alt Right — Move to next label

Left — Short seek left during playback

Right — Short seek right during playback

Shift Left — Long seek left during playback

Shift Right — Long seek right during playback

Shift I — Change recording device

Shift O — Change playback device

Shift H — Change audio host

Shift N — Change recording channels

Shift Home — Selection to start

Shift End — Selection to end

Shift Left — Selection extend left

Shift Right — Selection extend right

Ctrl Shift Right — Selection contract left

Ctrl Shift Left — Selection contract right

Ctrl Shift F6 — Move backwards from toolbars to tracks

Ctrl F6 — Move forward from toolbars to tracks

Up — Move focus to previous track

Down — Move focus to next track

Ctrl Home — Move focus to first track

Ctrl End — Move focus to last track

Shift Up — Move focus to previous and select

Shift Down — Move focus to next and select

Enter — Toggle focused track

Left — Cursor left

Right — Cursor right

, — Cursor short jump left

. — Cursor short jump right

Shift , — Cursor long jump left

Shift . — Cursor long jump right

Shift P — Change pan on focused track

Alt Shift Left — Pan left on focused track

Alt Shift Right — Pan right on focused track

Shift G — Change gain on focused track

Alt Shift Up — Increase gain on focused track

Alt Shift Down — Decrease gain on focused track

Shift U — Mute or unmute focused track

Shift S — Solo or unsolo focused track

Shift C — Close focused track

Select Menu

Ctrl A — Select all

Ctrl Shift A — Select none

Z — Select at zero crossings

Ctrl Shift K — Select in all tracks

Ctrl Shift Y — Select in all sync-locked tracks

[ — Left at playback position

] — Right at playback position

Shift J — Track start to cursor

Shift K — Cursor to track end

Q — Toggle spectral selection

Ctrl Alt P — Previous clip

Ctrl Alt N — Next clip

View Menu

Ctrl 1 — Zoom in

Ctrl 2 — Zoom normal

Ctrl 3 — Zoom out

Ctrl E — Zoom to selection

Shift Z — Zoom toggle

Ctrl F — Fit to width

Ctrl Shift F — Fit to height

Ctrl Shift C — Collapse all tracks

Ctrl Shift X — Expand collapsed tracks

Ctrl [ — Skip to selection start

Ctrl ] — Skip to selection end

Transport Menu

Space — Play or stop

X — Play or stop and set cursor

Shift Space — Loop play

P — Pause

R — Record

Shift R — Record new track

Shift T — Timer record...

Shift D — Punch and roll record

P — Pause

J — Cursor to track start

K — Cursor to track end

Home — Cursor to project start

End — Cursor to project end

Tracks Menu

Ctrl Shift N — Add new mono track

Ctrl Shift M — Mix and render to new track

Ctrl U — Mute all tracks

Ctrl Shift U — Unmute all tracks

Effect Menu

Ctrl R — Repeat last effect