# Feature Request - Save a default sort order
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-save-a-default-sort-order/54543
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-save-a-default-sort-order/54543 "2021-09-27T20:38:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Horseflesh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Horseflesh)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-save-a-default-sort-order/54543/1 "2021-09-27T20:38:41Z")
As always sorry if this is already in the app somewhere... still learning the tricks after all these years.
In my workflow I usually want my columns sorted by album, but within the album I want things sorted by disc number and then track number. I can do this by clicking the Track, Disc, and Album headers, in that order. But if I need to change the sort for any reason, it takes a lot of clicking to get back. And it's always possible to make a mistake and open some new files without returning to my default... then if you do auto-numbering you could screw up.
So, what I propose is a preferences area where we can set a default sort order, specifying which columns to use... plus a checkbox for "apply default sort when opening files," plus a taskbar button for "apply default sort order."
I could see this being expanded to storing more than one sort order, with a few extra taskbar buttons so you can quickly switch around. But honestly in my case, the only sorts I use are the 3-level sort I mentioned plus a few single-column sorts ... saving multiples wouldn't help me out but maybe other people juggle multiple complex sorts.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-save-a-default-sort-order/54543/2 "2021-09-28T04:36:17Z")
> [@Horseflesh](#):
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> As always sorry if this is already in the app somewhere
Then ask for support and do not issue a feature request ...
If you want to sort a particular column by criteria that go beyond the contents of that column, then apply an expression in the column property "Sort by".
E.g. %album%%discnumber%$num(%track%,2)
(all in one, no spaces necessary).
This data will be used for sorting any time you sort by that column.
MP3tag remembers the last column by which you sorted.
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### Author:  [@Horseflesh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Horseflesh)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-save-a-default-sort-order/54543/3 "2021-09-28T23:06:08Z")
That's very helpful, thanks!