# Can MP3Tag strip Unicode from file names and tags?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-strip-unicode-from-file-names-and-tags/57467>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 31, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-strip-unicode-from-file-names-and-tags/57467 "2022-05-31T16:28:44Z")\
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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:** [May 31, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-strip-unicode-from-file-names-and-tags/57467/2 "2022-05-31T16:57:07Z")

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here is a thread for some actions to convert unicode to ascii:

> [@Unicode to ASCII](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unicode-to-ascii/7279):
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> I have created six actionsgroups for the purpose of transcoding UTF-8 Unicode characters into 7-bit ASCII characters (see attached MTA files). Each group of actions encloses a special set of Unicode characters, so that you are free to combine what replacement presentation you need. The transcoding scheme is derived from the script 'uni2ascii.c', version 2008-08-30T20:27:37, by William J. Poser (billposer@alum.mit.edu), including some small changes by me. I do not know if the MTA files will do…

Don't know, though, whether that still works.

I wonder why it is necessary to add the tags while ripping ... if the cd ripper is so old that there is no update to deal with unicode it may be worthwhile to switch to a ripper that does.

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