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Pro Tools Reference Guide300
When auto-created clips are hidden, Pro Tools
warns you if the number of auto-created clips ex-
ceeds a certain threshold, and gives you the option
of deleting them. If you choose to delete them, all
auto-created clips are deleted at the same time.
To ensure that you keep any specific auto-created
clips, rename them. When you name a clip, it is
promoted from being an auto-created clip to a user-
defined clip (see “Renaming Clips” on page 296).
Clearing Unwanted Clips
In the Clips List, you can select unwanted clips and
then use the
Clear command to remove them from
the session. Whole-file clips can also be perma-
nently removed from the hard drive on which they
are stored.
To find and remove unused clips in a session:
1 Do any of the following:
• For MIDI clips, from the Clips List menu,
choose
Select > Unused.
• For audio clips, from the Clips List menu,
choose
Select, then choose Unused, Unused Ex-
cept Whole Files
, or Offline.
2 After all unused clips are selected, choose Clear
from the Clips List menu. The Clear Selected
dialog opens.
3 In the Clear Selected dialog, select the Automat-
ically 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.
• 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 perma-
nently deletes each successive audio file from
your hard drive (for each of the unused clips)
without any further warning.
Clip Name Right-Click
Commands
When you Right-click a clip name in the Clips List,
a pop-up menu provides access to the
following commands:
Clear Removes selected clips from the session.
Rename Renames selected clips.
Time Stamp Redefines the time stamp of selected
clips.
Replace Clip (Pro Tools | Ultimate Only) Re-
places multiple instances of a clip with another
clip.
Compact Compacts selected clips.
Export Clip Definitions Exports definitions for se-
lected clips.
The Clear command cannot be undone.
Use this “power delete mode” with caution.
Deletion of these files cannot be undone.