Audacity keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 133 Audacity 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • 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
  • 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
  • Shift+Alt+X — Split cut labeled audio
  • Shift+Alt+K — Split delete labeled audio
  • Alt+L — Silence labeled audio
  • Shift+Alt+C — Copy labeled audio
  • Alt+I — Split labeled audio
  • Alt+J — Join labeled audio
  • Shift+Alt+J — Detach labeled audio at silences
  • 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
  • BracketLeft — Left at playback position
  • BracketRight — 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
  • 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+BracketLeft — Skip to selection start
  • Ctrl+BracketRight — Skip to selection end
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ctrl+R — Repeat last effect
  • 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+ArrowLeft — Move to previous label
  • Alt+ArrowRight — Move to next label
  • ArrowLeft — Short seek left during playback
  • ArrowRight — Short seek right during playback
  • Shift+ArrowLeft — Long seek left during playback
  • Shift+ArrowRight — 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+ArrowLeft — Selection extend left
  • Shift+ArrowRight — Selection extend right
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Selection contract left
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Selection contract right
  • Ctrl+Shift+F6 — Move backwards from toolbars to tracks
  • Ctrl+F6 — Move forward from toolbars to tracks
  • ArrowUp — Move focus to previous track
  • ArrowDown — Move focus to next track
  • Ctrl+Home — Move focus to first track
  • Ctrl+End — Move focus to last track
  • Shift+ArrowUp — Move focus to previous and select
  • Shift+ArrowDown — Move focus to next and select
  • Enter — Toggle focused track
  • ArrowLeft — Cursor left
  • ArrowRight — Cursor right
  • Period — Cursor short jump right
  • Shift+Period — Cursor long jump right
  • Shift+P — Change pan on focused track
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Pan left on focused track
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Pan right on focused track
  • Shift+G — Change gain on focused track
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Increase gain on focused track
  • Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Decrease gain on focused track
  • Shift+U — Mute or unmute focused track
  • Shift+S — Solo or unsolo focused track
  • Shift+C — Close focused track

Other Audio & Music apps

  • Ableton Live shortcuts
  • Adobe Audition shortcuts
  • Apple Music shortcuts
  • Bitwig Studio shortcuts
  • Cubase shortcuts
  • FL Studio shortcuts
  • Logic Pro shortcuts
  • Pro Tools shortcuts
  • REAPER shortcuts
  • Reason shortcuts

Related pages

  • Audacity shortcuts
  • Audacity cheat sheet
  • Learn Audacity shortcuts
  • All Audio & Music apps