# \[Idea\] Ignore Errors, bulk skip un-editable files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 24, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188 "2023-02-24T13:02:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Youzer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Youzer)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/1 "2023-02-24T13:02:58Z")
I have been using the program for a long time, sometimes it fails to change the metadata of a file and the program spams me with windows that I have to open several hundred times, is it possible to put a marker to ignore errors and miss files that cannot be edited?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/2 "2023-02-24T13:08:48Z")
Have you already disabled all the Messages in the Options Ctrl+O under "Messages"?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/3 "2023-02-24T13:20:42Z")
Could you describe under which adverse conditions you get messages
> [@Youzer](#):
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> several hundred times
I bet that there must be other workarounds than to suppress messages.
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### Author:  [@Youzer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Youzer)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/4 "2023-02-24T13:51:30Z")
Yes, but I constantly have to skip files that can't change their metadata.
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### Author:  [@Youzer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Youzer)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/5 "2023-02-24T13:52:49Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Could you describe under which adverse conditions you get messages
Sometimes there are no such notifications, but when there are a lot of files, an error appears: you cannot change the data. And options: try again, ignore or close.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/7 "2023-02-24T13:57:48Z")
> [@Youzer](#):
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> but I constantly have to skip files that can't change their metadata.
Then I have to assume that you constantly have sound files in a bad condition.
I would start [check problematic files for errors](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190#check-problematic-files-for-errors-3) and fix them before adding any metadata or change them.
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### Author:  [@Youzer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Youzer)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/8 "2023-02-24T14:15:59Z")
Maybe, but that's not my way. I would like to be able to remember my choices (skip uneditable files). Just putting a checkbox, I don't think that's difficult.
I work with 20,000+ files, I don't have time to check and fix each one.
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### Author:  [@Youzer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Youzer)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/9 "2023-02-24T14:17:23Z")
and they mostly .wav, not .mp3
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/10 "2023-02-24T14:48:02Z")
> [@Youzer](#):
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> I work with 20,000+ files, I don't have time to check and fix each one.
But this shouldn't be the job for a program designed to edit metadata tags for files. I'm sure the backlash would be much stronger if the opposite were the case, and files that were not updated were just skipped as you are requesting. Imagine the frustration assuming all changes were savedas expected, but they actually weren't? Where would you begin to go back and find those files to start again?
> [@Youzer](#):
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> and they mostly .wav, not .mp3
Regardless of the format, if a file is corrupt for any reason, it should be repaired before any metadata changes are attempted. This is not a task for mp3tag.
> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633/4):
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> How to repair files identified as corrupted? If the file in question is a MP3 file which is reported as corrupted or where the MP3 header cannot be read, chances are it is an MP4 file with a \*.mp3 file extension. This often happens if online services, e.g., to download files from YouTube are involved. Changing the file extension to \*.mp4 might solve the problem. If the problematic file is a WAV or AIF file, re-saving the file with an audio-editing program like Audacity might repair the files. …
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### Author:  [@Youzer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Youzer)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/11 "2023-02-25T07:37:07Z")
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> But this shouldn't be the job for a program designed to edit metadata tags for files. I'm sure the backlash would be much stronger if the opposite were the case, and files that were not updated were just skipped as you are requesting. Imagine the frustration assuming all changes were savedas expected, but they actually weren't? Where would you begin to go back and find those files to start again?
For me it is not critical if some files do not get their tags. I just don't want to close dialog boxes all the time.
I would like to see an option in the future to put a "remember my selection" checkbox.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/12 "2023-02-25T07:41:52Z")
> [@Youzer](#):
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> I would like to see an option in the future t
And until this option is implemented and you still don't want to see the messages in the meantime, the only way around it is to check the files first for integrity.and then tag only the ones that proove to be ok.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/idea-ignore-errors-bulk-skip-un-editable-files/60188/13 "2023-03-27T07:42:52Z")
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