# Prevent action group from running on file type and/or directory **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/prevent-action-group-from-running-on-file-type-and-or-directory/63553 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [January 25, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/prevent-action-group-from-running-on-file-type-and-or-directory/63553 "2024-01-25T12:48:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 12
### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino) #### Post date: [January 25, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/prevent-action-group-from-running-on-file-type-and-or-directory/63553/12 "2024-01-25T14:55:11Z")
see. e.g. this discussion from 2018: > [@Adding filters to actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-filters-to-actions/42343): > > Hello there, I am fairly new to using this software but can already see it's power. One thing I have noticed though is that it would be extremely useful if a filter could be added to an action, rather than having to remember or select a filter used previously in a specific scenario. Have you previously considered it and is it likely to be implemented? As you can save filters and assign a name to them, you could create an environment in which you remember which filter would fit which actions. So far I see problems with 2 sets of filters: the one in the filter box and the one in the actions. Which would have priority? Would only 1 be the valid filter and overrule the other one? For the time being I see labelled filters and dedicated configurations of action groups as the way to do it. Until the feature is implemented, of course. But any effort that you spend right now to overhaul your actions and filters will be worthwhile as that technique will probably sustain and is there right now. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/prevent-action-group-from-running-on-file-type-and-or-directory/63553)._