# How to keep last modification date when edit tag field?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-keep-last-modification-date-when-edit-tag-field/50468>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-keep-last-modification-date-when-edit-tag-field/50468 "2020-10-14T13:22:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![pstein](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@pstein](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pstein)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-keep-last-modification-date-when-edit-tag-field/50468/1 "2020-10-14T13:22:08Z")

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When I edit a tag field of the currently marked song then the last modification date of the \*.mp3 file is automatically adjusted to the current date+time.

How can I avoid this?

I want to keep the original timestamp

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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:** [October 14, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-keep-last-modification-date-when-edit-tag-field/50468/2 "2020-10-14T13:38:04Z")

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See File\>Options\>Tags

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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-keep-last-modification-date-when-edit-tag-field/50468/3 "2020-10-14T13:50:30Z")

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![Preserve it](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7a0a959eb20704b6dbe4796346d46f3495d2b91e.png)

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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:** [June 26, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-keep-last-modification-date-when-edit-tag-field/50468/4 "2023-06-26T07:46:27Z")

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