How do I stop Unreal automatically adding objects to my sequence? ('Autotrack')

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I have recently upgraded to UE 5.5 and have been loving it so far. However I am in the middle of a project and it keeps breaking with the same issue. It’s now getting ridiculous.

I seemed to have accidentally changed a setting somewhere. Every time I move something around in the editor Unreal keeps adding it into the sequence I am working on, automatically, and putting it in a folder called ‘Autotracked Changes’. Is this a new feature? Because it’s horrendous!

Every time an object is added I completely lose control of it, it’s parenting does not work, and when the project is saved the object moves around and turns up somewhere completely wrong. I have spent an entire day now trying to fix issues caused by this feature rather than completing any work at all.

How do I stop this horrible feature?

Thanks in advance!

PS the project consists mainly of static meshes rotating around each other via parents/blueprints, eg cogs in a machine, etc.

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Another issue I have is that the auto keyframe has changed and become seemingly uselesss. You change a value and then it goes yellow and it is impossible to set a keyframe. What does this mean when a value turns yellow? Very frustrating feature!!!

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To disable the Auto tracked changea, In Edit Options, toggle off Allow Sequencer Edits Only. The default is Allow All Edits

Here’s the docs on that: