# Directories List

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directories-list/15029>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 12, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directories-list/15029 "2013-09-12T19:44:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nigel\_Clarke](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@Nigel\_Clarke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nigel_Clarke)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directories-list/15029/1 "2013-09-12T19:44:01Z")

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When I load files into the tag editor it creates an entry of the directory path, and these entries are building up and I do not need them. How do I remove entries from this list ?.

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**Author:** ![Nigel\_Clarke](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@Nigel\_Clarke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nigel_Clarke)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directories-list/15029/2 "2013-09-12T20:05:06Z")

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Sorry, I realise now that the list goes back to 9 entries when it is re-started. But I would still like to be able to remove a few of the entries that I entered by mistake, and the Program Files entry.

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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:** [September 13, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directories-list/15029/3 "2013-09-13T04:07:56Z")

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Currently, there is no way to remove this history log separately.  
I think that this data is stored in the file mp3tag.cfg.  
So if you delete this file you get rid of the path history - but you also loose all other configurations.

The brute force approach would be to configure MP3tag the way you usually use it, close Mp3tag, make a copy of the cfg-file, re-open MP3tag, work with it (and build up a list of paths), close MP3tag and then overwrite the current cfg-file with the former copy.

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**Author:** ![Nigel\_Clarke](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@Nigel\_Clarke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nigel_Clarke)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directories-list/15029/4 "2013-09-13T08:28:20Z")

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Thank you, at this point I am not confident enough to alter the config file, but I have now loaded a lot of directories and when I restart the program it just displays the last 11 entries which is fine for the time being. I will try your suggestion after I become familiar with other aspects of the tag editor, meanwhile I have lots to do organising my music database, thanks again. ![:music:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/2ba05d1ade5eb0d15fc173be6f717dbe63890a70.gif ":music:")

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**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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directories-list/15029/5 "2026-02-09T12:24:39Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC