# "!BAD ID3v2" - how to restore the tag information?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bad-id3v2-how-to-restore-the-tag-information/56600
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 5, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bad-id3v2-how-to-restore-the-tag-information/56600 "2022-03-05T15:36:58Z")
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### 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: [March 5, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bad-id3v2-how-to-restore-the-tag-information/56600/2 "2022-03-05T15:45:36Z")

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See here for more hints on how to get files back from the state of bad tags:

> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …

But depending on the extent of the damage, it could be that the info is lost.  
You could experiment a little and see if V1 tags are still readable. See File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg and set ony V1 to read, all other off

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