# Do I need to tag in order for what I want to do?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/do-i-need-to-tag-in-order-for-what-i-want-to-do/14321>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 5, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/do-i-need-to-tag-in-order-for-what-i-want-to-do/14321 "2013-01-05T21:23:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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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:** [January 6, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/do-i-need-to-tag-in-order-for-what-i-want-to-do/14321/21 "2013-01-06T18:58:09Z")

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Naturally, this does not change the filename.  
You would have to look at the column for track in mp3tag.

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**Author:** ![php111](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@php111](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/php111)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/do-i-need-to-tag-in-order-for-what-i-want-to-do/14321/22 "2013-01-06T19:02:19Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Naturally, this does not change the filename.  
> You would have to look at the column for track in mp3tag.

I see it under track. Do I need to get them like that before I add them to iTunes? I didn't save anything. I only followed what you told me to do.

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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:** [January 6, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/do-i-need-to-tag-in-order-for-what-i-want-to-do/14321/23 "2013-01-06T19:07:10Z")

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> [@php111](#):
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> I see it under track.

That's good. That's what the whole exercise was about.

> [@php111](#):
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> Do I need to get them like that before I add them to iTunes? I didn't save anything. I only followed what you told me to do.

The action saves the changes straight away in the files.  
So now it is up to iTunes to register the changes.

AFAIK does iTunes not recognize that information has changed. So you either apply a script to the iTunes library or you delete the entries for the modified files from iTunes an rebuild the library. Then the new track numbers should show in iTunes.

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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/do-i-need-to-tag-in-order-for-what-i-want-to-do/14321/24 "2026-02-09T12:24:15Z")

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