# How to disable read-only warnings?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-read-only-warnings/49691
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 21, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-read-only-warnings/49691 "2020-07-21T02:09:11Z")
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### Author: ![c627627](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@c627627](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/c627627)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-read-only-warnings/49691/1 "2020-07-21T02:09:11Z")

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When you try to remove a tag from a read-only file, you get a warning.  
Can those warnings be disabled?

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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: [July 21, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-read-only-warnings/49691/2 "2020-07-21T04:28:19Z")

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See the changelog:  
[2015-07-08] CHG: renaming files marked as read-only does not require removing of read-only flag anymore.

For all other operations I would assume: remove the read-only status.

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### Author: ![c627627](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@c627627](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/c627627)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-read-only-warnings/49691/3 "2020-07-21T05:03:22Z")

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Here's how you can replicate the thread question.

1. Right click on mp3 file and CHECK: Read Only \> OK
2. Open the folder containing this file in mp3tag
3. Right click on it inside mp3tag \> Remove tag \> YES

NOW

YOU GET

_ **File "E:\1\x.mp3" is read-only.** _

_ **Shall Mp3tag disable the write protection of this and** _  
_ **any following read-only files?** _

How can that prompt be disabled to give mp3tag a permanent YES so it does not ask to disable read-only every time.

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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: [July 21, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-read-only-warnings/49691/4 "2020-07-21T07:43:53Z")

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> [@c627627](#):
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> How can that prompt be disabled to give mp3tag a permanent YES so it does not ask to disable read-only every time.

I don't think that there is an option in MP3tag.  
So the only way would be: remove read-only flag prior to processing.

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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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-read-only-warnings/49691/5 "2026-02-09T12:28:43Z")

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