# Artist cf Contributing Artist Weird error **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [June 20, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-cf-contributing-artist-weird-error/61311 "2023-06-20T13:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-cf-contributing-artist-weird-error/61311/21 "2023-06-22T10:52:59Z")
here is a thread about the presence and removal of APE tags > [@MP3TAG not updating ID-TAG as displayed by DBPoweramp](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-updating-id-tag-as-displayed-by-dbpoweramp/57189/6): > > To remove just the APE tags set File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg APE: read, delete on, write: off all ID3: off Load the APE files, Select the APE files Right-Click on the selected files and select "Remove tag" The tag data in the file list should now be empty. Go back to File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg and set ID3: Read, write, delete on as you need it (I would set ID3V2 to read, write UTF16 and delete) and set APE on only for Delete. Return to the files list and press F5 to refresh the list - you shoul… ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-cf-contributing-artist-weird-error/61311/22 "2023-06-22T11:04:27Z")
> [@dec](#): > > ok. so i adj Tag settings, and then ran 'Read Tags' > so that should do the trick right? This will make sure you can at least _see_ all possible tags regardless of the format. > [@dec](#): > > it won't necessarily FIX any current problem i think 🙂 but presumably makes the data cleaner/neater anyway. and i love to be neat. 🙂 mp3tag won’t do anything unless you tell it to. If you want to clean them up and use a single type like in my example, follow the steps outlined in the post linked above. As always, I strongly recommend you test this on a few files first to confirm you get the expected results. And in all cases when running any action on a large batch, have a backup, and maybe a second one. ---
**Author:** ![dec](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dec/32/13699_2.png) [@dec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dec)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-cf-contributing-artist-weird-error/61311/23 "2023-06-22T12:12:13Z")
thank you. i think i basically did all that following Motley's screenshot ---
**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-cf-contributing-artist-weird-error/61311/24 "2023-06-23T09:34:54Z")
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