# Alteration Request: Make MP3Tag Not Touch Files Unless It Has To

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/alteration-request-make-mp3tag-not-touch-files-unless-it-has-to/59190
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 26, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/alteration-request-make-mp3tag-not-touch-files-unless-it-has-to/59190 "2022-11-26T10:19:56Z")
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### 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: [July 22, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/alteration-request-make-mp3tag-not-touch-files-unless-it-has-to/59190/8 "2024-07-22T12:36:27Z")

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> [@telrod11](#):
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> Sure, now I know, I should hit " **Cancel**", but it's not very intuitive that the "OK" selection actually saves a new timestamp, when there are no changes.

Apparently, the developer's responce has gone out of view:

> [@File resaved and date changed when do nothing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-resaved-and-date-changed-when-do-nothing/43578/3):
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> Just for clarification: Mp3tag always writes metadata to the files when told so without examining first, whether saving it would result in any actual change to the file. This is by design and not considered a bug.

Perhaps changing the button label from "OK" to "Save" would make it clearer what would happen.

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