# How to create paraview macros
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-paraview-macros/14694
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 22, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-paraview-macros/14694 "2024-05-22T15:09:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/swornom)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-paraview-macros/14694/1 "2024-05-22T15:09:16Z")
In older version of PV under the icon macros there was start marcos and stop macros. They are not in the new versions of PV , how does one create a macro in v 5.12
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-paraview-macros/14694/2 "2024-05-22T16:20:26Z")
Are you referring to the StartTrace/StopTrace mechanism in Tools menu ?
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### Author:  [@swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/swornom)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-paraview-macros/14694/3 "2024-05-22T16:23:39Z")
Yes, thanks, am I correct that it was previously in the macros icon?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-paraview-macros/14694/4 "2024-05-22T16:25:46Z")
In ParaView 5.9.0, there is no such Start/Stop trace in macros menus.