# Change files without changing modification dates
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-files-without-changing-modification-dates/8966
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-files-without-changing-modification-dates/8966 "2009-09-17T00:57:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@feroxity](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/feroxity)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2009, 12:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-files-without-changing-modification-dates/8966/1 "2009-09-17T00:57:45Z")
Hi,
I am attempting a grand embedding of the folder.jpg covers into all the files. I have figured out how to set this up.
However, I use Squeezecenter, which sorts new music by the date when the files were last modified. I do not want to upset the order of that list since I like playing music I recently got.
So: is there any way to get MP3Tag to not "touch" the files, so that the modification date is unchanged after embedding the cover?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-files-without-changing-modification-dates/8966/2 "2009-09-17T04:32:44Z")
See Options \> General \> Preserve file modification time...
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-files-without-changing-modification-dates/8966/3 "2026-02-09T12:21:47Z")