# File Date Modified
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-date-modified/9969
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 24, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-date-modified/9969 "2010-02-24T23:40:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Bluenose56](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bluenose56)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-date-modified/9969/1 "2010-02-24T23:40:49Z")
I'm new to mp3tag but like what I see so far.
It seems though that even when I change a file's tags the date modified in explorer (I'm using XP) doesn't get updated.
Is there an option that I can set to have the date modified updated?
TIA
Gord
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### Author:  [@stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stanman)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-date-modified/9969/2 "2010-02-25T16:39:01Z")
In Mp3tag go to File \> Options \> Tags and uncheck "Preserve file modification time when saving tags".
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### Author:  [@Bluenose56](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bluenose56)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-date-modified/9969/3 "2010-02-26T12:13:57Z")
Doh! I always look through the Options/Preferences on new (to me) software to see what is available. I guess I wasn't expecting this under 'Tags' so didn't look close enough.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-date-modified/9969/4 "2026-02-09T12:22:12Z")