# Lost all my Filters
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-all-my-filters/19174
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-all-my-filters/19174 "2017-07-27T12:57:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@crosetti](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/crosetti)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-all-my-filters/19174/1 "2017-07-27T12:57:00Z")
Hello, the last time I reinstalled mp3tag I lost all my filters. All of my other settings/customisations are fine (columns, genres, etc). only my filters are completely missing. I had a TON of them, so I really would like to get them back. I have multiple backups of my user/app data. Can someone please tell me which app data (or other) file contains the filters? Thank you!
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-all-my-filters/19174/2 "2017-07-27T13:08:46Z")
> [@ChristinaD](#):
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> Hello, the last time I reinstalled mp3tag I lost all my filters. All of my other settings/customizations are fine (columns, genres, etc). only my filters are completely missing. I had a TON of them, so I really would like to get them back. I have multiple backups of my user/app data. Can someone please tell me which app data (or other) file contains the filters? Thank you!
**mp3tag.cfg** file AFAIK.
But it's an encrypted protected file it seems.
Make a backup of the old install in case something goes wrong and replace your backup **mp3tag.cfg** over the new one.
I've never personally had an issue with what you say.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-all-my-filters/19174/3 "2017-07-27T15:18:54Z")
> [@ChristinaD](#):
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> Hello, the last time I reinstalled mp3tag I lost all my filters. All of my other settings/customisations are fine (columns, genres, etc). only my filters are completely missing. I had a TON of them, so I really would like to get them back. I have multiple backups of my user/app data. Can someone please tell me which app data (or other) file contains the filters? Thank you!
See the FAQs for the various places to look for MP3tag files:
[/t/964/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/964/1)
The rest has been told by user stevehero.
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### Author:  [@crosetti](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/crosetti)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-all-my-filters/19174/4 "2017-07-27T16:52:20Z")
> [@stevehero](#):
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> **mp3tag.cfg** file AFAIK.
>
> But it's an encrypted protected file it seems.
>
> Make a backup of the old install in case something goes wrong and replace your backup **mp3tag.cfg** over the new one.
>
> I've never personally had an issue with what you say.
I copied over/replaced that file with my old one and it WORKED! THANK YOU SteveHero!
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### Author:  [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-all-my-filters/19174/5 "2017-07-27T17:01:44Z")
> [@ChristinaD](#):
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> I copied over/replaced that file with my old one and it WORKED! THANK YOU SteveHero!
No problemo.. Glad to help. Maybe worth sticking this is the bugs section for the dev florian to look into so it doesn't happen again.
Create new post here.
[https://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?act=post...ew\_post&f=9](https://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?act=post&do=new_post&f=9)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-all-my-filters/19174/6 "2026-02-09T12:26:54Z")