# I updated from 32 to 64bit, can I delete the 32bit version without deleting my settings?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 2, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269 "2022-12-02T21:37:36Z")
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### Author:  [@mrmech](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrmech)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269/1 "2022-12-02T21:37:36Z")
I updated from 32 to 64bit, can I delete the 32bit version without deleting my settings? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269/2 "2022-12-02T21:41:42Z")
> [@mrmech](#):
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> can I delete the 32bit version
Hard to say.
Did you follow the notes on switching from 32- to 64-bit?
> [@Notes on the 64-bit version of Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/notes-on-the-64-bit-version-of-mp3tag/57250):
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> I've released a [64-bit version of Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455) a few days ago and received a few questions about differences between the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version. To make it short, there should not be any noticeable differences except for two things: The 64-bit version uses 64-bits to address memory and is no longer limited to 2 GB per application. While the [Library](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/library) feature of Mp3tag is already a very viable solution for large libraries, loosening the memory restriction is one of the key benefits of …
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### Author:  [@mrmech](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrmech)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269/3 "2022-12-02T23:14:24Z")
I did not. Thanks for the heads up. I thought I just hadn't updated in awhile. 😅
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269/4 "2022-12-03T08:41:17Z")
As it is not quite clear what kind of installation you had before and where that saved the configuration, the safest way would be to proceed as described in the extra notes which I linked above.
Save the former configuration in a separate place, other than the program folder,
de-install the 32-bit version,
install the 64-bit version,
Run it once,
transfer the saved settings to the configuration folder (which you can open with a function in the File menu).
Restart MP3tag and everything should be fine.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269/5 "2023-01-02T08:42:00Z")
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