# File Attribute update time does not change

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-attribute-update-time-does-not-change/15078>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 5, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-attribute-update-time-does-not-change/15078 "2013-10-05T05:01:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mp3tag1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@mp3tag1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3tag1)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-attribute-update-time-does-not-change/15078/1 "2013-10-05T05:01:57Z")

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HI,

I am using owncloud to sync my files. Unfortunately my mp3 are not synched once tags are updated. After analysis of this, I found out, that  
**mp3tag is not updating the file attribute for the update time (german Win7 "Aenderungsdatum").**

Resultingly the sync client is not identifying the changes, file is not propagated.

I would assume, that every update to a file will also update the update time. Is this a windows feature for any reasons not working in here, _or is this regarded to be a bug in mp3tag?_ 😳

Ownclouduser

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**Author:** ![JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/jj_johnson/32/67_2.png) [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-attribute-update-time-does-not-change/15078/2 "2013-10-05T05:18:29Z")

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There is an option in Mp3tag to not update the modified time of files that are updated. By default, it should be off. See

File \> Options \> General \> Preserve the file modification time when saving tags

and make sure that it's unchecked.

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**Author:** ![mp3tag1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@mp3tag1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3tag1)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-attribute-update-time-does-not-change/15078/3 "2013-10-05T07:20:08Z")

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You made my day!

Problem solved... ![:rolleyes:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/3a79e8b0b7d169b30216785521d7c6f4f895c421.gif ":rolleyes:")

Thanks a lot

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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/file-attribute-update-time-does-not-change/15078/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:41Z")

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