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P: Unable to freely move clips and audio around on my timeline. Glitch, bug or setting?

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May 21, 2021
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If anyone is able to wave a magic wand and help me fix this issue then I would be so very grateful!

I am using Premier pro 25.1 on a windows PC, I opened up my project the other day to start work and I was unable to freely click on a clip and drag the clip about on the timeline with the same thing happening with audio. When I do click on a clip to move or drag it I am presented with the picture I have attached, in my program window.

I have tried everything on nearly every forum page I can find, reset all settings from splash, cleared cache, uninstalled and reinstalled softwear, new project, everything I can think of but I can't find anything anyway with someone with this same fault.

Thank you if anyone can save me!

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tomomi34933125ioko

Participating Frequently

クリップがドラッグ＆ドロップで移動できないです。

また、エフェクトの追加や素材やSEの追加もひととおり、プロジェクトパネルからできなく通行止めマークが出ます。（PCのデスクトップからそのままドラッグすると挿入はできました）

急にできなくなりましたがこれはバグとかでしょうか…？

PCの再起動や環境設定もリセットしましたがだめでした。

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T32711284jd02

Inspiring

自分も同じ症状です。

もしかするとサブモニターを使ってませんか？

自分はノートPCと27インチのモニターのデュアルディスプレイにしてるのですがノートPC側だと従来通り操作できるのですが、モニター側に表示させるとクリップ移動ができなくなります。

突然できなくなったのでバグの可能性が高いですね。

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tomomi34933125ioko

Participating Frequently

サブモニター使ってます！

自分も試しにノートPCでやってみたらできました…けどすごくやりにくいですね

情報ありがとうございました！早めに改善されるといいですね

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rahul_5960

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I can't move clips in my timeline at all. This started happening after I did a normal update on my Windows laptop. I can't move clips and get a red circle with a line through it diagonally whenever I try to move clips. I've restarted my computer, reset my preferences by holding shift + alt as the app is launching (splash screen), opened the current sequence into a new project and also uninstalled and reinstalled Adobe Premiere Pro 2025.

None of this has helped fix the issue, is anyone able to help?

Before this I also somehow split video and audio into two different sections (top and bottom). I don't know how to put them back together like I had originally. Having to select both to move them on the timeline is so annoying. I miss having audio and video in one clip as a single entity.

If anyone can help fix this too it would be greatly appreciated. 🙂

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rahul_5960

Participant

I got help from a support person via online chat and it turns out there's a hardware issue. You can't move clips when using a laptop plugged to an external monitor via HDMI. I was able to use Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 completely fine before with the application on my monitor and not my laptop screen. But now I can't move clips when using Premiere Pro window on my monitor. This is so inconvenient, I hope they fix this soon. 😞

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rahul_5960

Participant

I figured out a temporary fix, Windows Display Settings: Show only on 2nd Monitor and it lets me move clips again. What a rollercoaster of emotions haha.

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ContentLearner

Participant

Nothing can be moved or repositioned in the timeline and it's not locked.

Problem:

- Anything including clips/audio cannot move left or right/reposition in the timeline.

- When I want to reposition Clip 1-2-3 to Clip3-2-1 it cannot be done.

- Transition cannot be done too. I can slide,

- I can shorten the clip, but I cannot move them.

- I can add clips but I cannot reposition them.

- Video is a short one minute video

- I have storage in the computer.

What has been done to resolve not still not working:

- Tried to Alt Windows to reset media cache etc, it does not work.

- I also reset workspace and it did not work as well.

- I also shut down my laptop a few times it cannot work too.

As seen in the screenshot the tracks are not locked. I do not know what happened, I have edited hundreds of video, this is the first time I have encountered this. Dear Community please help me, I can't edit anything its affecting my livelihood...I can't continue editing anything because nothing can be repositioned or moved. The move tool is not working.

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ContentLearner

Participant

Hi, I need some urgent help because Adobe Premiere Pro is acting weird. Nothing can be moved or repositioned in the timeline and it's not locked.

Problem:

- Anything including clips/audio cannot move left or right/reposition in the timeline.

- When I want to reposition Clip 1-2-3 to Clip3-2-1 it cannot be done.

- Transition cannot be done too. I can slide,

- I can shorten the clip, but I cannot move them.

- I can add clips but I cannot reposition them.

- Video is a short one minute video

- I have storage in the computer.

What has been done to resolve not still not working:

- Tried to Alt Windows to reset media cache etc, it does not work.

- I also reset workspace and it did not work as well.

- I also shut down my laptop a few times it cannot work too.

As seen in the screenshot the tracks are not locked. I do not know what happened, I have edited hundreds of video, this is the first time I have encountered this. Dear Community please help me, I can't edit anything its affecting my livelihood...

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Nickolas24852066msmx

Participant

My mouse does not line up with the timeline in Premiere Pro. Issue started about 2 weeks ago. Only present when working in Premiere on an extended monitor. My laptop is my primary editing machine when extended onto my Ultrawide Dell display (great for editing). I haven't found any solution to work so far...

Solutions explored:

- Reset Adobe Premiere Pro (hold down Alt when launching)

- Updated Adobe Premiere Pro and Creative Cloud

- Uninstalled and Reinstalled Adobe Premiere Pro

- Double checked all monitor settings in preferences.

Current Hardware:

- Microsoft Surface Studio Laptop

- Windows 11 updated to 24H2

- 11th Gen. Core i7

- 32 GB Ram (28GB dedicated to editing when using Premiere Pro)

- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics

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Rach McIntire

Community Manager

Hi @Nickolas24852066msmx ,

Welcome to the forums. Thanks for the message and the video. What version of Premiere are you working in?
Also, just to confirm, if you were editing just on your laptop monitor, there would be no lag, but when using the extended one, it does lag.
Please give the team a few more details, if you have time. See, How do I write a bug report?

I hope we can help you shortly. Sorry for the pain points.
Best,
Rach

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debora324456930vwe

Participant

Buenas!

Me paso hace un rato, tengo instalado el Premiere Pro. El programa no me esta permitiendo arrastrar ningún elemento (imagen, video, audio) a la linea de tiempo. Estuve buscando soluciones por acá y ya verifique que estan en azul las V1 y también hice lo de hacer click en la parte superior de la linea de tiempo y borrar entrada y salida. Pero nada de eso funciono. También intente abrir nuevas secuencias y proyectos. Pero sigue todo igual. Alguien tendria alguna idea de cual puede ser el motivo? o más bien, como puedo solucionarlo. Desde ya muchas gracias!!

*Adjunto algunas fotos para graficar lo que comentaba*

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Bill_Duran6241

Participant

lograste solucionarlo? tengo el mismo problema

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Lydia Yee

Inspiring

not sure what key i accidentally pressed but my cursor have changed to an arrow pointing downwards with two bars on each slide. now, even though i have snap enabled, it does ot snap to clip and it is so hard to move the clips.

things i have tried:

- new sequence/project

- restarting

- resetting premiere pro preferences

- uninstall and reinstall pp without transferring old preferences, new sequence/project

- moved the windows around

- i'm using a mac with no additional monitors so i can't disconnect the monitor like other people have done in other post

highly highly highly appreciate any help and inputs....

MarekMularczyk

Community Expert

Your cursor will look like that when you use Selection tool and when you click and start dragging a clip on the Timeline. It's supposed to look like that 😉

Adobe Community ExpertAdobe Certified Professional

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Lydia Yee

Inspiring

oops. sorry my bad. never noticed it until 2 days ago.

i noticed it because i was having problems with moving the clips (occurred suddenly so i thought i accidentally pressed a shortcut key or stg).

the snapping is already enabled but

it doesnt snap next to clips and always either land in the previous clip's space or land few frames away. so i alway have to zoom in to ripple delete the gaps/move clips out again. have to constantly zoom in everytime i move clips to make sure it lands in place.

even when i move clips up and down (to different layers), it tend to move the clips a few frames over, rather than keeping it in the same timeframe.

not sure if anyone else is facing problems with moving clips because my friend is having issues with premiere pro the past two days like me too.

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