Link audio and video clips

Last updated on Jun 24, 2025

Learn how to link video and audio clips to treat them as a single unit and unlink them to edit them independently in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Linking audio and video clips helps keep your edits synchronized and organized. When clips are linked, any action you perform—such as moving, trimming, or applying effects—affects both the audio and video simultaneously.

You can link one video clip to multiple audio clips, and you can link multiple audio clips together. When you link audio clips in a sequence, you link only the instances of the source clips. The original source audio clips in the Project panel are untouched.

  1. Select each audio clip on a separate track in the Timeline panel. You can also select a video clip. Use Shift-click to select both the audio and video clip.

    Note:

    All audio clips must have the same track format (mono, stereo, or 5.1 surround). The audio clips must have the same channel type, and each clip must be on a different track. If clips are already linked, such as an audio clip linked to a video clip, they must be unlinked before you can create a multi-clip link.

  2. Select Clip in the menu bar, and then select Link.

    Context menu in Premiere Pro with the Link option highlighted to reconnect separate audio and video clips in the timeline.
    The Link option combines selected audio and video clips so they stay together when moved or edited in the timeline.

    Once linked, the clips behave as a single unit. 

  3. To unlink a linked clip, select the clip and then select Clip > Unlink.