Specifications

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When auto-created regions are hidden,
Pro Tools warns you if the number of auto-cre-
ated regions exceeds a certain threshold, and
gives you the option of deleting them. If you
choose to delete them, all auto-created regions
are deleted at the same time.
To ensure that you keep a particular auto-cre-
ated region, turn it into a user-created region by
renaming it. For details, see “Renaming Re-
gions” on page 311.
Removing Unwanted Regions
You can locate and remove unused regions in a
session with the Clear Selected command.
To find and remove unused regions in a session:
1 For MIDI regions, choose Select Unused from
the MIDI Regions List pop-up menu.
2 For audio regions, choose one of the following
from the Select Unused submenu in the Audio
Regions List pop-up menu:
• Unused Regions
• Unused Regions Except Whole Files
• Offline Regions
3 After all unused regions are selected, choose
Clear Selected from the Regions List pop-up
menu.
4 Click Remove to remove the unused regions
from the session.
– or –
If clearing a whole-file audio region and you
want to permanently remove the audio file from
your hard drive, click Delete.
When deleting audio files for multiple regions,
Pro Tools presents a warning dialog for each au-
dio file.
To bypass repeated warning dialogs:
■ Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macin-
tosh) the Delete button in the Clear Audio dia-
log. This permanently deletes each successive
audio file from your hard drive (for each of the
unused regions) without any further warnings.
Use this “power delete mode” with caution,
since deletion of these files cannot be undone.
The Clear Selected command cannot be un-
done.
Clear Selected dialog (audio regions)