# Support

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## [Error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error/4490)

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**Author:** [@marcguilera](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marcguilera)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2007, 12:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error/4490 "2007-02-22T00:05:36Z")

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Hi all. I just wanted to know what does that mean and haw can I fix it up.

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## [Filename numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-numbers/4499)

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**Author:** [@percepto](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/percepto)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-numbers/4499 "2007-02-21T14:12:59Z")

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Hi, I know it’s probably on here somewhere but I can’t find it! I have read a lot about regular expressions, so I imagine that my query is a very simple one. I want to change the filenames from 1 - Trackname - Artist …

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## [Mixed Case - special cases](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mixed-case-special-cases/4493)

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**Author:** [@christian\_s](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/christian_s)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mixed-case-special-cases/4493 "2007-02-21T12:35:25Z")

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First, I really love mp3tag - it’s the best tool out there. I used mixed case for tagging and naming my files. Overall it works very well I only struggle to get some special cases in place. Currently I have these actio…

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## [Capitalizing Initials Formula](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/capitalizing-initials-formula/3453)

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**Author:** [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2007, 1:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/capitalizing-initials-formula/3453 "2007-02-20T01:55:30Z")

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Hi everyone, had another question I was hoping someone out there could give me a hand with. \[:book:\] I want to capitalize artists initials, for example: E.l.o. - One More Time.mp3 to E.L.O. - One More Time.mp3 So …

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## [Export problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-problem/4484)

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**Author:** [@stevec5375](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevec5375)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-problem/4484 "2007-02-19T17:29:35Z")

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I am having a problem trying to get my export script to work. Seems it worked fine for several then somehow it is now broken. I have scoured the code and can’t find anything wrong. Can someone please take a look at it…

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## [Adding space between TITLE and ARTIST](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-space-between-title-and-artist/4472)

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**Author:** [@msmp3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/msmp3)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-space-between-title-and-artist/4472 "2007-02-15T22:13:58Z")

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How do I manage to automatically add a space between the TITLE and the ARTIST field… I mean… I have an mp3 like this: “John Chena-Ionosphere” and I want it to become “John Chena - Ionosphere”. Thank you in advance.

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## [Removing Leading Track #s](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-track-s/4471)

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**Author:** [@InfaredFog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/InfaredFog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2007, 4:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-leading-track-s/4471 "2007-02-15T04:17:30Z")

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I read the post about common functions that suggested using this to remove track numbers: Regular expression: ^\\s\*\[0-9\]+\\s\*-\\s\* While that half works, there’s a few changes I’m not sure of how to implement. It remove…

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## [Case Conversion with regex](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-with-regex/2745)

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**Author:** [@k00lice](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/k00lice)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-with-regex/2745 "2007-02-14T14:59:45Z")

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First of all, this program is great. Thanks for working so hard. Anyway, this is what I have a problem with. I am trying to convert cases of tags to mixed tags. Example) I AM SO gooD And a Dog of John -\> I Am So Good…

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## [newbie confusion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-confusion/4464)

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**Author:** [@baggab](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/baggab)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-confusion/4464 "2007-02-13T19:24:09Z")

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First Post…nice site…lived in Zirndorf for a while…sure miss the Bier and Brots! Here comes another lame nubie! I have been ripping music, to OGG format, for a couple of years now using dBpowerAMP freeware. I was obli…

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## [Remove part of Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-tag/4462)

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**Author:** [@KaraokeK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KaraokeK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-tag/4462 "2007-02-13T16:57:00Z")

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Having searched the forums I thought I’d worked this out – didn’t, haven’t – messed up. Have title tag for example “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen - Neil Sedaka” Want to remove “ - Neil Sedaka” Created action Field =…

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## [Possible addition to websources commands?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-addition-to-websources-commands/4466)

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**Author:** [@swalter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swalter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2007, 8:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-addition-to-websources-commands/4466 "2007-02-13T08:21:00Z")

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First off, many thanks to Florian for a great app in MP3tag and to Dano for a great set of amg websource files. There may already be a way to do what I am thinking of but I don’t see it. I think an easy solution would b…

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## [start time display](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/start-time-display/4410)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/start-time-display/4410 "2007-02-12T19:33:53Z")

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Is there a way to get a column to show the track start time in sequence? I.e. the sum of the lengths of all preceding tracks in the list. Thanks.

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## [Moving from Field to Field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-from-field-to-field/4461)

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**Author:** [@matteo49](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/matteo49)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-from-field-to-field/4461 "2007-02-11T22:05:40Z")

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I love MP3Tag and I have been very happy with it. I noticed that there are some properties that I can look up like Style, for example, that you cannot view in iTunes. I haven’t found an MP3 player that does allow me to c…

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## [AMG gives Composer as Artist and Composer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amg-gives-composer-as-artist-and-composer/4460)

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**Author:** [@matteo49](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/matteo49)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amg-gives-composer-as-artist-and-composer/4460 "2007-02-11T20:57:29Z")

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When I use the lookup function for all of the information on an MP3 it gives me the Composer in both the Artist and the Composer sections of the tag. Is this AMG’s fault or MP3 tag? It didn’t use to do this…

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## [Importing from a text file...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-from-a-text-file/4459)

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**Author:** [@nmg123](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nmg123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-from-a-text-file/4459 "2007-02-11T15:36:25Z")

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Hi all. I'm quite new to MP3TAG and was wondering if anyone could please help me with this problem: I've just finished converting a large number of files from FLAC\>MP3 and now have the daunting task of tagging them all…

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## [Add Artist to album tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-artist-to-album-tag/4453)

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**Author:** [@KaraokeK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KaraokeK)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-artist-to-album-tag/4453 "2007-02-11T11:50:19Z")

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When using my Ipod I found having 27 “Best of” albums listed was a tad confusing. I now add the artist name to all the album tags – “Frank Sinatra – Best of”. When starting to tag I would have tags %title% (My Way) - %…

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## [BSOD](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bsod/4448)

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**Author:** [@cosmicdude](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cosmicdude)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bsod/4448 "2007-02-10T09:48:46Z")

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Hello. I just installed mp3tag, but when I start it, I’m getting BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). Can anyone help me fix it?

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## [Incorrect Lengths Showing Up in WMP11](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/incorrect-lengths-showing-up-in-wmp11/4432)

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**Author:** [@sigloiv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sigloiv)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/incorrect-lengths-showing-up-in-wmp11/4432 "2007-02-10T09:45:06Z")

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Sorry for the, once again, noobish questions I always ask, but here goes: I recently ripped a local band’s CD with EAC and a recent copy of LAME into V0 VBR, and it encoded great, showed up in Mp3tag fine with all the m…

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## [Move all files to one folder?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-all-files-to-one-folder/4447)

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**Author:** [@dacotre](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dacotre)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-all-files-to-one-folder/4447 "2007-02-09T20:15:09Z")

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I am trying to move all my music to a single folder, so that I can then organize everything using tag information. In other words, I want to resort everything like this: C:\\Music\\Artist\\Album - Year(track#). (title) Ri…

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## [Entry Fields blank ...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/entry-fields-blank/4435)

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**Author:** [@Mavis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mavis)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/entry-fields-blank/4435 "2007-02-07T17:27:50Z")

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Hi … I’m using V 2.37a, suddenly, I can’t see anything in the left hand pane, apart from the winamp icon for each file. All the columns have disappeared, and I can’t seem to get them back. I’ve tried re-installing withou…

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## [Can I do simple things in here?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-do-simple-things-in-here/4437)

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**Author:** [@Devileyezz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Devileyezz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-do-simple-things-in-here/4437 "2007-02-07T13:54:44Z")

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Hello. For example, I have: "tracy chapman-its the beginning.mp3" "beauty and beast-beauty & best.mp3" "Fire - Forsten(rmx).mp3" “celine dion - track 1.mp3” Can it make them look like: "Tracy Chapman - It’s the be…

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## [Tag problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-problem/4438)

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**Author:** [@Cesse](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cesse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2007, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-problem/4438 "2007-02-07T09:45:32Z")

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Hello, i downloaded this program yesterday and i think its great \[:w00t:\] I have a problem though which i will try to explain to you. I got this music-folder with about 300 songs and some of them had names like “01-X…

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## [rating?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating/4434)

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**Author:** [@sourabh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sourabh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating/4434 "2007-02-06T20:30:17Z")

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can anyone tell me a way to rate songs in 2.37a version which will be compatible with i-tunes and wmp11… i mean a universal rating which will remain even if i copy the song from my system to another… otherwise its a grea…

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## [Removing recent directories](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-recent-directories/4414)

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**Author:** [@AgentX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AgentX)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-recent-directories/4414 "2007-02-05T17:35:08Z")

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Hello people, I was wondering if I could remove some directories from the ‘directory’ input on the left. I thought it was a registry key, but I can’t find it :flushed: Thanks for helping so far :wink: And sorry for …

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## [Changing Small Words Case](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-small-words-case/4416)

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**Author:** [@flix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/flix)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-small-words-case/4416 "2007-02-05T04:34:44Z")

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Hello, fellow taggers, and sorry for probably asking an already anwered question (though i tried my best to find so). I’ll get straight to the point: I like my files to have small words like of, and, the, a, etc… in lo…

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## [Cannot sort files by title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-sort-files-by-title/4424)

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**Author:** [@Brian49](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Brian49)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-sort-files-by-title/4424 "2007-02-04T19:08:59Z")

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Hello. I am trying to sort my list of audio files by title, in the main program window. But when I click on the bar at the head of the title column, or use the \`View Sort by’ menu command, nothing happens - the files rem…

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## [using Action button , rename filenames ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-action-button-rename-filenames/4421)

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**Author:** [@dunken](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dunken)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-action-button-rename-filenames/4421 "2007-02-04T14:02:23Z")

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Did discover ^\\s\*\[0-9\]+\\s\*-\\s\* But ive got some filenames that he wont rename 202\_rihanna-sos.mp3 112\_housefeller\_feat\_christine\_moore-mama.mp3 08\_we\_could\_be\_hereos\_-\_b.w.o-pt2k4.mp3 for example ? Anyone that can…

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## [Dropping the first n characters from a title of filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dropping-the-first-n-characters-from-a-title-of-filename/4407)

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**Author:** [@ajbhowe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ajbhowe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dropping-the-first-n-characters-from-a-title-of-filename/4407 "2007-02-03T20:50:28Z")

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Just got the program, have read the faqs (adequately I trust!) but still have the following question. I’m trying to: Drop the first n characters from each in a list of MP3 filenames Drop the first n characters from ea…

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## [Horrible lack of Knowledge about Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/horrible-lack-of-knowledge-about-tags/4405)

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**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/horrible-lack-of-knowledge-about-tags/4405 "2007-02-01T20:58:16Z")

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I seem to take one step forward and then two steps backwards (at least) with this “minefield” called tagging. I’m using the latest version of MP3Tag to sort out some inherited MP4 files. I firstly change the extension …

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## [Remove User-Defined Tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-user-defined-tag-fields/4404)

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**Author:** [@VaSiMpoG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VaSiMpoG)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-user-defined-tag-fields/4404 "2007-02-01T13:21:28Z")

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Recently, i ended up having many user-defined (useless) tag fields due to some previous testing and tweaking. Is it possible to remove those unwanted and useless fields ? PS:I tried this by pressing \[Shift\]+\[Del\] while…

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