# Updating tags without changing file time-stamp?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-tags-without-changing-file-time-stamp/15957>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 31, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-tags-without-changing-file-time-stamp/15957 "2014-07-31T11:46:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Greybeard49](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Greybeard49](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Greybeard49)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-tags-without-changing-file-time-stamp/15957/1 "2014-07-31T11:46:18Z")

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Has this been discussed yet?  
I would like to update tags without changing the file's time-stamp but cannot find a setting to do so.  
Thanks!

**EDIT:** OK, I found a "work-around" for this problem. I've created a new column called "Created" that displays the file's created date and time. But this doesn't effect the "Modified" date stamp of the file itself, just displays the created date in the mp3Tag window.

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**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-tags-without-changing-file-time-stamp/15957/2 "2014-07-31T12:42:34Z")

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File -\> Options -\> General -\> Preserve file modification time ...

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**Author:** ![Greybeard49](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Greybeard49](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Greybeard49)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-tags-without-changing-file-time-stamp/15957/3 "2014-07-31T13:23:04Z")

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Thanks mate! They hid it there, eh? ![:blush:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/c5a064300f7d900a70c2196f6eee95e32dde9b52.gif ":blush:")

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-tags-without-changing-file-time-stamp/15957/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:10Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC