# Disable The Write Protection
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 19, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438 "2016-11-19T21:20:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@omeomeo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/omeomeo)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/1 "2016-11-19T21:20:46Z")
Hi,
For every single music file I click on which is 'write protected', a pop-up appears asking 'Shall Mp3tag disable the write protection of this and my following read-only files?' (Shown attached).
This is a tedious process if I have over a hundred music files to edit which are write protected.
Is there any way of disabling this pop-up to continue editing without this pop-up appearing?
Cheers,
Scott
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### Author:  [@MP3Freak\_Peter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MP3Freak_Peter)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/2 "2016-11-19T21:26:24Z")
> [@omeomeo](#):
>
> Hi,
>
> For every single music file I click on which is 'write protected', a pop-up appears asking 'Shall Mp3tag disable the write protection of this and my following read-only files?' (Shown attached).
>
> This is a tedious process if I have over a hundred music files to edit which are write protected.
>
> Is there any way of disabling this pop-up to continue editing without this pop-up appearing?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott
search for all files with explorer -\> rightclick -\> disable write protection for all files.
btw: this dialog should only appear one per process
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/3 "2016-11-20T12:09:31Z")
> [@omeomeo](#):
>
> ...For every single music file I click on which is 'write protected', a pop-up appears asking 'Shall Mp3tag disable the write protection of this and my following read-only files?' (Shown attached).
> ...
What is going on in your system that the current user stumbles over so many write-protected files? Are the access rights not up-to-date?
Who put the write protection on the files and for what reason? Is it a valid reason and MP3tag is only right to ask every time?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/4 "2016-11-20T13:18:29Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> What is going on in your system that the current user stumbles over so many write-protected files? Are the access rights not up-to-date?
> Who put the write protection on the files and for what reason? Is it a valid reason and MP3tag is only right to ask every time?
The Access rights are are not the same as write-protection.
The user has probaly copied these files from a medium that is write-protected by default and has not told windows to move the write-protection. (For instance a CD, DVD)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/5 "2016-11-20T13:27:32Z")
> [@poster](#):
>
> The Access rights are are not the same as write-protection.
> ...
I know.
Still, if you work with a collection that has a different owner than the current user-id, you get the message if you want to overwrite the file which looks a lot like a write protection.
The bottom line is: something is completely up the spout in that file system and MP3tag is only the messenger. It would be a good idea to tidy up the attributes and ownerships and then start editing in a clean system.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/6 "2016-11-20T13:45:49Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> I know.
> Still, if you work with a collection that has a different owner than the current user-id, you get the message if you want to overwrite the file which looks a lot like a write protection.
But you won't get this specific message. Mp3Tag only offers to disable the write-protection if a files is really write-protected, not so if there are no access rights.
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### Author:  [@nutcracker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nutcracker)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/7 "2020-01-18T09:09:15Z")
I had the same problem and I found a workout. Select every file and open with mp3tag. Go to an empty (or irrelevant field) and insert a character (e.g. a dot). Then rename. mp3tag is asking about disabling the read-only protection, you click "yes" and you have a batch un-protection process. If you like, you can then delete the character you added from all files and re-save.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/8 "2023-07-11T09:16:26Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [Permission error message when renaming/moving files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/permission-error-message-when-renaming-moving-files/61520)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438/9 "2023-07-11T09:16:43Z")