Audacity 4.0.1 Current
Released 30 Sept 2026
Many of these fixes come from community contributors. Thank you all!
Features
- Export multiple: export each track, or each labelled region, to its own file #11136
- Portable Windows version that runs without installation #11932
- Restored missing Audacity 3 keyboard shortcuts #12062
- "Open in file manager" on the Cloud projects tab #11801
- Clickable carousel dots on the Welcome screen (by danielmolinas) #11247
- Liquid Glass app icon on macOS (by JoshBashed) #11923
Accessibility
Bug fixes
- Fixed project corruption after a failed save #12296
- Fixed clips being messed up when converting .aup3 projects #12209
- Fixed opening projects and files with non-ASCII characters in their name or folder (by jonata) #11973 #11976 #12004 #12057
- Fixed other non-ASCII text issues: presets with Unicode names, starting a new project, and the input device always being the system default on Windows #8267 #11468 #12107
- Fixed Audacity failing to launch with Windows Smart App Control enabled #12167
- Fixed the AppImage failing to install or start on some Linux distributions (by kfl) #10135 #12093 #11915
- Fixed crash when opening the Effect menu in German #12025
- Fixed "Audacity quit unexpectedly" dialogs popping up during plugin validation #11427
- Fixed VST3 setting changes being reverted on playback start #11892
- Fixed typing values into effect controls #11643 #11668
- Dragging clips and labels across tracks is faster and no longer crashes, and dragging a duplicated clip onto its original no longer makes it disappear (by jonata) #12097 #12081
- Realtime effect windows stay open on edits and undo/redo, and undo/redo is faster with many effects #12187
- Fixed clips flickering when selecting after applying an effect #11145
- Fixed the playhead drifting from bars and beats above 120 BPM #11925
- The view no longer jumps on pause or double-click, and selecting a track by its header no longer moves the playhead (by jonata) #11148 #12013 #11972
- Fixed new labels being placed at the wrong position, and the first label's name not being editable right away (by RiccardoCampo) #11682 #10083
- No more "-9996 Invalid device" error dialog when input monitoring can't open the device (by jonata) #12070
- Fixed exported file names being truncated #11966
- Fixed opening files dropped on the macOS Dock icon #11961
- Fixed upper-case extensions such as .WAV not being recognized on Linux #12007
- Fixed shortcuts not being saved #11903
- Fixed tooltips on the gain, volume and graphic EQ sliders #10410 #11841
- Fixed the meter dB range not being translated (by jonata) #11940
- Cloud: fixed resuming uploads after a lost connection, mono audio imported as stereo, and broken project audio previews #11609 #12155 #11568
- Cloud: no more redundant sync dialog on save, error when overwriting a local copy, or half-initialized window after a failed open #11373 #11460 #11374
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