# Metadata Names Changing Case
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metadata-names-changing-case/58051
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 29, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metadata-names-changing-case/58051 "2022-07-29T20:52:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@rsschirm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rsschirm)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metadata-names-changing-case/58051/1 "2022-07-29T20:52:11Z")
When a field is changed on file list the metadata name is written in lower case.
When the same field is changed on the tag panel, the metadata name is changed to upper case.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metadata-names-changing-case/58051/2 "2022-07-29T21:05:59Z")
Please see this topic for a fairly extensive explanation:
> [@Why some of my custom tags stored in UPPERCASE and others in lowercase?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-some-of-my-custom-tags-stored-in-uppercase-and-others-in-lowercase/56087):
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> Greetings to community!!! slight_smile I have make some custom tags for my mp3 files and when I check them, for example using MediaInfo or Audacity, I notice that some of them are in UPPERCASE and others in lowercase!!! Any idea why is this happening? Should I do something when I am creating them? Thank you in advance!!! slight_smile
I‘m also moving this to #Support
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metadata-names-changing-case/58051/3 "2026-02-09T12:29:52Z")