# Show which files have been changed

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-which-files-have-been-changed/5489
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 25, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-which-files-have-been-changed/5489 "2007-09-25T20:00:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![ChrisWad](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e480ec/32.png) [@ChrisWad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChrisWad)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-which-files-have-been-changed/5489/1 "2007-09-25T20:00:09Z")

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Is there any way for Mp3tag to give me a list of what tags and files names have been changed. It would be good to know, especially with file names because I would need to re-import these into iTunes.

Thanks

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### Author: ![Viper](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b3f665/32.png) [@Viper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Viper)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2007, 10:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-which-files-have-been-changed/5489/2 "2007-09-27T10:51:59Z")

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> [@ChrisWad](#):
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> Is there any way for Mp3tag to give me a list of what tags and files names have been changed. It would be good to know, especially with file names because I would need to re-import these into tunes.
> 
> Thanks

Chris,

I requested this change back in in April 2006 where I just wanted to have the renamed files shown with different color so that I could identify those that were changed.

Florian replied _"I can see, that this enhancement might be useful for some people, but I don't see the great benefit at the moment and I don't think that it's worth implementing this."_

I still think that this should be a must, specially when you're new to this software and are playing around with all the different options. Currently, unless you isolate a test file(s) to a temporary folder, you have a difficult time "seeing" the effects the MP3TAG has made.

Anyway, I hope you have better luck than me...

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-which-files-have-been-changed/5489/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:31Z")

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