# REQUEST: option for "saving" current state and clearing history **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-option-for-saving-current-state-and-clearing-history/19140 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [July 13, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-option-for-saving-current-state-and-clearing-history/19140 "2017-07-13T19:05:17Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow) #### Post date: [July 13, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-option-for-saving-current-state-and-clearing-history/19140/1 "2017-07-13T19:05:17Z")
Recently I have made a suggestion concerning the CTRL + Z and the filter box: [/t/19125/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/19125/1) And now I have another issue with its inner workings and with how overall settings are saved When I perform complex / long operation, be it manually or with actions, I can go so far that I need to "save" the current state, just to be sure that I do not accidentally press the wrong shortcut [CTRL + Z] and thus loose unknown amount of work. So to do that I can either reload files or close and reopen Mp3tag and then load the files. And often I just have to choose the second option because I added new actions or columns in the main window or fields in the Tag Panel and I need to have them secured. Because if Mp3tag crashes such changes will not reappear when I reopen it- settings will be taken from the point of the first opening And no- you cannot right now save settings. You can choose "Save configuration" in the File drop down menu, but that is a totally misleading description, as in a mater of fact it export settings. Saving of configuration happens when Mp3tag is being closed. So why not give an option to actually save settings without closing of the software? Most of the time I work on my whole collection- so I have to wait ~15 seconds until they are re-loaded from RAM; just because for example I added or changed some action. And the alternative, in form of creating 10 or 20 ZIP files from one day with upgraded configuration, is also not very user friendly So maybe both an icon for clearing history of changes [for wiping the steps that can be reverted with CTRL + Z] plus a real "Save configuration" option aside "Export configuration" [the former "Save configuration" option] in the File menu could be added? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-option-for-saving-current-state-and-clearing-history/19140)._