# My 3 audio files are not in chronological order?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 27, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838 "2024-05-27T21:06:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/1 "2024-05-27T21:06:15Z")
Hello, I have a small problem, when I choose for example 3 songs with my mouse, from top to bottom, when I open my Mp3tag, my songs are not in chronological order M0008,M0006,M0007 (see photo). ..
On the other hand, if I choose my 3 songs with my mouse from bottom to top when I open my Mp3tag, my songs are in chronological order M0006, M00007, M0008...
Is there anything to program in Mp3tag?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/2 "2024-05-27T21:27:54Z")
By which column do you sort the files?
AFAIK see, it is not the filename.
Click on a column header to use it for sorting.
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/3 "2024-05-27T21:38:46Z")
Thanks for your help, Ohrenkino
I have never programmed anything for the columns...
What is this AFAIK?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/4 "2024-05-27T21:40:40Z")
AFAIK ~ as far as I know.
But I did it wrong. It should have been "as far as I can"
You do not have to program anything for a column - just click on it.
A little arrow at a column inidcates by which column the data is sorted. And the up and down indicate ascending and descending.
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/5 "2024-05-27T21:46:21Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> column header
Where is located: column header ?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/6 "2024-05-27T21:48:43Z")
It is the headline of a column. In your screendump they read "filename - Length - Path - Tag - Title"
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/7 "2024-05-27T21:54:05Z")
> [@Sergius](#):
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> column header ?
I see everything you wrote to me, I looked for this data earlier in this place...
It's not written: column header?
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/8 "2024-05-27T22:20:53Z")
Here is all the information in the columns: There is no
column header?
I looked inside
Customize columns...
There is no column header?
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/9 "2024-05-27T22:28:49Z")
ohrenkino, probably why I'm having problems...
The "Column header" command is not available...
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/10 "2024-05-28T01:00:36Z")
The column headers are not a setting. These are the titles at the very top of each column. Click on any of these to use that field for sorting.
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/11 "2024-05-28T01:27:56Z")
MotleyG, I'm starting to understand better...
It seems to me that for my title numbers to be chronological, I would have to click on the File name arrow at the top, which I have done since I started using Mp3tag, doesn't it work?
Is it just me who has this problem?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/12 "2024-05-28T05:37:23Z")
If you do not feel at home with the column header, then try menu View\>Sort by\>Filename (or whatever column you want the files to be sorted).
I see that in your screendump the filename is shown right-aligned.
This is usally an indication that in the column definition the option "numeric" is ticked which treats the data in that column as numbers. If there are no numbers, then all entries are considered to be the same number and the order appears to be random.
Please show us a screenshot of the column definition of the column by which you want to sort.
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/13 "2024-05-28T05:53:35Z")
Thank you Ohrenkino for the advice, can I ask you to do a test, if you want, click on 5 audio files, take your mouse, choose the songs from top to bottom and open your Mp3tag
Afterwards, choose 5 songs from bottom to top with your mouse, see if you get the same result...
Thank you and see you soon
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/14 "2024-05-28T05:53:40Z")
> [@Sergius](#):
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> It seems to me that for my title numbers to be chronological, I would have to click on the File name arrow at the top,
Why would you click on the "Filename" column header if you want to sort by TRACK numbers?
If you want to sort your songs by TITLE names, click on the "Title" column header.
If you want to sort your songs by TRACK numbers, click on the "Track" column header.
There is no such thing as "title numbers". If you have a filename like this:
`01 - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - Thriller.mp3`
it would be made up of
TRACK - ARTIST - TITLE - ALBUM
For your title question "_My 3 audio files are not in chronological order?_":
If you want to sort your audio files in chronological order, you would have to sort it by a DATE. There are different [DATE](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/#date) or [RELEASETIME](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/#releasetime) or [YEAR](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/#year) tags for example.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 5:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/15 "2024-05-28T05:56:41Z")
> [@Sergius](#):
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> click on 5 audio files, take your mouse, choose the songs from top to bottom and open your Mp3tag
The order you select your songs in the Windows File Manager is not important.
Mp3tag sorts them according to your select Mp3tag column header.
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 6:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/16 "2024-05-28T06:07:36Z")
Hello Lyrics Lover, it's my turn to go to sleep soon, I just saw your message appear...
It's beautiful when I have an album by the same singer...
Example I have 10 song in my Windows folder, which is click with the name, it's ok
My problem, my Mp3tag, doesn't give me the same list in order as my Windows...
I work with the name of the file in my Windows folder (in radio it's like that)
If I click file name in Mp3tag, it doesn't work
It's weird, it works if I take my songs from bottom to top with my mouse??? It is not normal ???
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/17 "2024-05-28T06:09:23Z")
> [@Sergius](#):
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> My problem, my Mp3tag, doesn't give me the same list in order as my Windows...
The Windows File Explorer also sorts your content (by the way exactly the same as in Mp3tag: You click on a column header).
By which column do you sort in Windows File Manager? By "Name" (=Filename)?
And then:
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> I see that in your screendump the filename is shown right-aligned.
> This is usally an indication that in the column definition the option "numeric" is ticked which treats the data in that column as numbers. If there are no numbers, then all entries are considered to be the same number and the order appears to be random.
> Please show us a screenshot of the column definition of the column by which you want to sort.
Right click on the column header "Filename" in Mp3tag -\> Customize Columns and then create a screenshot from your definitions for Name, Value, Field, Sort by and the checkbox for Numeric.
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/18 "2024-05-28T06:16:05Z")
You're right OhrenKino, I was doing tests when I took the photo, it's not clicked in the right place...
But I'm doing tests at the moment, click on File name... And does it work in reverse?
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/19 "2024-05-28T06:18:28Z")
LyricsLover may be my Windows is poorly programmed, because it works backwards...
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### Author:  [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-3-audio-files-are-not-in-chronological-order/64838/20 "2024-05-28T06:19:39Z")
LyricsLover maybe my Windows is programmed wrong, because it works backwards in the Mp3tag
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