# "Write BOM" checkbox influences UTF-16, too
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-bom-checkbox-influences-utf-16-too/15200
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [November 13, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-bom-checkbox-influences-utf-16-too/15200 "2013-11-13T19:10:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-bom-checkbox-influences-utf-16-too/15200/1 "2013-11-13T19:10:25Z")
Salut to everybody!
Thanks again for great app.
"Write BOM" checkbox in config panel, influences the writing of UTF-16 files, too. IMO it must influence only UTF-8 files, as they, really, may be written with or without BOM (without is the standard) - but **UTF-16 files must be always with BOM** , otherwise they will incorrect files (not readable). I think, this is a bug; at least I'd like it more this way. Or, as a compromise, may be taken a "Write BOM" checkbox at export window too, not only in config.
Thank you in advance.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-bom-checkbox-influences-utf-16-too/15200/2 "2018-12-20T17:09:46Z")
I've just revisited this topic and consulted the Unicode Standard (Version 11.0). According to _3.10 Unicode Encoding Schemes_, it's possible to also write UTF-16 without BOM.
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> The UTF-16 encoding scheme may or may not begin with a BOM. However, when there is no BOM, and in the absence of a higher-level protocol, the byte order of the UTF-16 encoding scheme is big-endian.
I'm moving this to #No Bugs
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### Author:  [@incifinci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/incifinci)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-bom-checkbox-influences-utf-16-too/15200/3 "2018-12-20T19:30:28Z")
Thank you, Florian, for your attention.
The times change -- now I always use BOM everywhere. (And only UTF-8.)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-bom-checkbox-influences-utf-16-too/15200/4 "2019-01-19T19:32:52Z")
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