# Add estimated time remaining to "Writing tag data" dialog **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [November 27, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-estimated-time-remaining-to-writing-tag-data-dialog/47175 "2019-11-27T20:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gdg](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/gdg/32/7033_2.png) [@gdg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gdg)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-estimated-time-remaining-to-writing-tag-data-dialog/47175/1 "2019-11-27T20:33:04Z")
First time poster, long time user. Thank you for a great app. I would love to see an estimated time remaining to the "Writing tag data" dialog. The app is currently churning for me through a couple thousand files and I'd love to know what I can go step away and do... since I can't run another instance of the app (I know that's a dead topic sadly.) Thank you, Gary ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-estimated-time-remaining-to-writing-tag-data-dialog/47175/2 "2019-11-28T05:50:50Z")
Even if one could see a time ... would it be accurate enough? I bet that it is not foreseeable whether the padding in a file is big enough to squeeze in the modification or whether the file has to be re-written. Also, such a time would not relieve you from the task to watch the process as you may have to acknowledge failures to write to a file. I do not argue against this feature - the question is really if such a feature would lead to the desired effect. ---
**Author:** ![gdg](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/gdg/32/7033_2.png) [@gdg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gdg)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-estimated-time-remaining-to-writing-tag-data-dialog/47175/3 "2019-11-28T13:48:33Z")
> [@gdg](#): > > estimated That's why I used the word "estimated". Windows 10 does this when you copy files. It's understood to be a constantly revised best guess. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-estimated-time-remaining-to-writing-tag-data-dialog/47175/4 "2026-02-09T12:28:21Z")