# Can't see m4a tags

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-see-m4a-tags/1509
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 6, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-see-m4a-tags/1509 "2004-12-06T17:58:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![howie](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@howie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/howie)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-see-m4a-tags/1509/1 "2004-12-06T17:58:27Z")

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have started to download tracks as .m4a files recently rather than MP3 - in fact some sites only give me the .m4a option. all is good normally, but with downloads from one site in particular i can not see, delete or modify the tags with MP3Tag. with these tracks the only app that allows me to edit the tags is iTunes (which i don't wish to use). anyone got any ideas why this is - are there different standards for AAC files??? and is there anything i can use to get rid of the existing tags and use MP3Tag instead?

thx.

H.

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### 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: [December 6, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-see-m4a-tags/1509/2 "2004-12-06T18:07:40Z")

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You can send me one of these files and I'll try to analyze them.

Best regards,  
~ Florian

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-see-m4a-tags/1509/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:16Z")

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