# \[suggestion\] Directory: Only scan current level

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-directory-only-scan-current-level/10160
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 21, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-directory-only-scan-current-level/10160 "2010-03-21T21:46:07Z")
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### Author: ![yetanotherlogin](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/dfb087/32.png) [@yetanotherlogin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yetanotherlogin)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-directory-only-scan-current-level/10160/1 "2010-03-21T21:46:07Z")

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Hello

I just tried Mp3Tag and like it very much. I have a suggestion to make: When pasting a path in the Directory section, Mp3Tag will browse through all the files + sub-directories. If this directories contains lots of sub-dirs, it takes a while before the dialog returns.

I suggest adding a checkbox option "Include sub-directories", so that the user can uncheck this and tell Mp3Tag to only list files in the directory without recurse through all its sub-dirs.

My .15€

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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-directory-only-scan-current-level/10160/2 "2010-03-22T04:09:34Z")

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> [@yetanotherlogin](#):
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> ... I suggest adding a checkbox option "Include sub-directories", so that the user can uncheck this and tell Mp3Tag to only list files in the directory without recurse through all its sub-dirs. My .15€

This checkbox is already there.  
See Mp3tag/Tools/Options/General: Checkbox Subdirectories.

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