Saving

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To return later to your unfinished work in Audacity with all tracks and edits as you left them, save an Audacity project. To play your current work in other media programs or send it to others, export an audio file such as WAV or MP3.

File > Save Project saves an .aup project file and a _data folder containing the actual audio. To re-open a saved project, click File > Open... and open the .aup file.

File > Save Project As... is for saving an empty project. It also lets you save an existing Project to a new name. This is the only safe way to rename a project.

  • The .aup file and _data folder must always be kept together as created by Audacity. Never move or rename them manually. Don't delete them until your final exported file is exactly as you want.
  • Never move, rename or delete any of the files or folders inside the _data folder.

Read more about Audacity Projects.


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