Clearing Unwanted Clips

In the Clip List, you can select unwanted clips and then use the Clear command to remove them from the session. Whole-file clips can also be permanently removed from the hard drive on which they are stored.

The Clear command cannot be undone.

To find and remove unused clips in a session:

1 Do any of the following:

For MIDI clips, from the Clip List menu, choose Select > Unused.

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For audio clips, from the Clip List menu, choose Select, then choose Unused, Unused Except Whole Files, or Offline.

2 After all unused clips are selected, choose Clear from the Clip List menu. The Clear Selected dialog opens.

 

Clear Selected dialog (audio clips)

3 In the Clear Selected dialog, select the Automatically select all unused clips option if you want to ensure that all unused clips, including whole file clips, are selected for deletion or removal. Any selections previously made in the Clips List are ignored.

4 Do one of the following:

Click Remove to remove the unused clips from the session.

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If clearing a whole-file audio clip and you want to permanently remove the audio file from your hard drive, click Delete.

When deleting audio files for multiple clips, Pro Tools presents a warning dialog for each audio file.

To bypass repeated warning dialogs:

Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) the Delete button in the Clear dialog. This permanently deletes each successive audio file from your hard drive (for each of the unused clips) without any further warning.

Use this “power delete mode” with caution. Deletion of these files cannot be undone.