# Export overwrites existing file without warning

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-overwrites-existing-file-without-warning/6241
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 12, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-overwrites-existing-file-without-warning/6241 "2008-02-12T00:58:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/oblio/32/4828_2.png) [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-overwrites-existing-file-without-warning/6241/1 "2008-02-12T00:58:15Z")

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Is it possible to have an overwrite warning when saving export files please? Or is this the intended behaviour?

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-overwrites-existing-file-without-warning/6241/2 "2008-02-12T10:24:49Z")

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If there was such a warning, it should be optional.  
The default overwriting seems convenient to me.

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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, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-overwrites-existing-file-without-warning/6241/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:46Z")

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