# I can't edit song track length

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-cant-edit-song-track-length/62346>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 9, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-cant-edit-song-track-length/62346 "2023-10-09T19:36:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/albiek1976/32/12313_2.png) [@albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/albiek1976)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-cant-edit-song-track-length/62346/1 "2023-10-09T19:36:28Z")

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Is there a way of manually updating the song track _length_?  
So far whatever I try is non-editable.

If this is not available, I would like to request this feature

Thanks

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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 9, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-cant-edit-song-track-length/62346/2 "2023-10-09T19:39:19Z")

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If you have files that show not the length that you expect or no length at all, then check the files for consistency.

> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …

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**Author:** ![albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/albiek1976/32/12313_2.png) [@albiek1976](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/albiek1976)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-cant-edit-song-track-length/62346/3 "2023-10-09T19:51:06Z")

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Thanks. After I posted. I found it in the forum [Song Length Format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/song-length-format/14598).

I didn't explain what I meant correctly. Which is my error

The metadata for a song length shows 5:15, The actual length is 5:11.  
If I go to length on Mp3tag this is not editable when left clicked.  
I hope that clarified That I want to change this manually to 5:11

I'm going to see if the programs that you have posted give me the desired results that I am looking to do.

Thanks for your fast reply to the issue.

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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 9, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-cant-edit-song-track-length/62346/4 "2023-10-09T19:54:35Z")

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The length is a property that the ripper sets.  
MP3tag edits only tags that can be added to files.  
How do you know that a file has a different length?  
Which length do you see in other programs?

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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:** [November 8, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-cant-edit-song-track-length/62346/5 "2023-11-08T19:54:47Z")

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