# Meta Data Editing

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/meta-data-editing/506030>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/meta-data-editing/506030 "2019-12-10T17:09:18Z")\
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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:** [December 10, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/meta-data-editing/506030/2 "2019-12-10T17:25:02Z")

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A request for the same feature exists already.

> [@\[Feature Request\] Metadata Write Back](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-metadata-write-back/119947/1):
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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 quite a bit of time properly tagging my media files and those tags are what allowed Plex to quickly make sense of my collection. So it bothers me that if I make a quick edit in Plex it is permanently locked into Plex’s internal database and not written b…

Therefore this one is closed.  
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