# Edit Tags for audio files.

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/edit-tags-for-audio-files/182595>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/edit-tags-for-audio-files/182595 "2017-03-03T16:50:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mccurry\_joshua\_yahoo.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@mccurry\_joshua\_yahoo.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mccurry_joshua_yahoo.com)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/edit-tags-for-audio-files/182595/1 "2017-03-03T16:50:17Z")

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I’m requesting the ability to edit file data directly as opposed to metadata locally. I have albums that do not match last.fm and some of the metadata overrides the normal tagging. However being able to edit them directly would be a great feature. Considering some of your already existing plugins run python this wouldn’t very difficult to incorporate.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/edit-tags-for-audio-files/182595/2 "2017-03-03T17:10:42Z")

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duplicate feature request

> **[\[Feature Request\] Metadata Write Back](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/189143/feature-request-metadata-write-back#top)**
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> I would like to see an optional item in libraries to write metadata changes back to the original media files. For my use case in particular my primary interest would be in ID3 tags for MP3 files and iTunes style tags for MP4 files. I have spent...

closing

please respect the rules for this subforum

- search first if the request has already been posted before
- only [one feature per post](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/46128/rules-for-this-forum-inc-how-to-vote#top "one feature per post")

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/edit-tags-for-audio-files/182595/3 "2021-01-12T18:48:31Z")

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