Every time I use the scissors to edit, 100s of snippets are added to the track. Last time brought my project to a complete halt. Very embarrassing with the client looking over my shoulder while I delete gigs of trash.
Any ideas how to stop this?
 
tia
King Burton
Sonar X3d Asus mb  i7 32g 1T Presonus Firestudio

If your .sig is correct consider applying the X3e update.
It sounds like a problem similar to having "Slide Over Old to Make Room" enabled in Preferences > Customization > Editing but it usually takes moving a clip to experience the bug.

There isn't a tool in Sonar called "scissor". Do you mean splitting, as in splitting clips ? and what are snippets ? Audio clips ?
Each time you split a clip in Sonar, it is done non destructively (meaning the audio clip retains its original value)
This is for "Slip editing" purposes.
 
After you split a clip, Bounce to clips. this will shorten the file to what you see in the TV.