# Opening a Session

You can open a session by either

- Choose Session Open or press CtrlO and then use the file selector to locate the session you want to open.

- start ardour from a command line, and specify the session folder as an argument.

When specifying a session to open you can either specify the session folder or the session file. If you specify the folder, Ardour will open the primary session file within the folder. If you specify a session file (see ), Ardour will open that particular session.

## Recent Sessions

The Session Recent menu item will allow you to navigate directly to sessions that you have worked on recently. For sessions with more than one recent session file, expand the session subtree by clicking on the expansion box left of the session name.