Can't remove multiple APEv2 tags

[spoko]

I have some MP3 files which are reported by MP3Val to have multiple APEv2 tags in each file. I'm trying to use MP3Tag to remove them, but getting nowhere.

I have gone into Mp3tag Options and checked all options for both "Read" and "Remove." (I don't care if it also removes the ID3 tags, since I'll be overwriting them from a text file anyway.) I've also tried it with all "Read" selected and only APE selected for "Remove." With the files selected, I've tried both Ctrl-x and the button up by the Edit menu. No matter what, the tags still seem to be there.

How can I get them removed?

[ohrenkino]

It could be that if you have several layers of APE tags that you have to repeat reading and deleting several times until the stack of APE tags has been removed.

I think that MP3val reports APE tags as "Garbage at end" - so perhaps several rounds with MP3val may also help.

I would try the following settings:
ON to read and delete APE tags .
OFF read, write and delete for all other tag versions.
Re-read the files with these settings,
select "Delete tag" - and watch the column that shows which tag versions are in the file(s).

[spoko]

I've tried multiple rounds with MP3Val, but hadn't thought to try multiples with MP3Tag. I'll give that a shot.

[spoko]

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to have an effect. The "Tag" column in MP3Tag is empty, though. So maybe MP3Val is just mis-reporting?

[ohrenkino]

@spoko

mis-reporting?

Could be ... there is also MP3diags, perhaps you try that tool as well. Not all tools serve all purposes.

If you turn on reading V1 and V2 tags again - does the column show something different or did you delete really all tag data?

[spoko]

Well, I had deleted it all. But when I put something into a tag now (after turning those on, that column shows ID3v2.3 (ID3v1 ID3v2.3)

[spoko]

Sure enough, there were tags there. MP3 Diags read them, and removed them. First time using that program, but it worked great.

Thanks for the tip @ohrenkino!