# Clearing out ID3v1.1 tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 29, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437 "2022-05-29T01:47:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/1 "2022-05-29T01:47:02Z")
I came across an MP3 album that has both ID3v2.3 and ID3v1.1 tags. VLC is reading the v1.1 ones, and displays tag information that I don't want, and isn't displaying what I do want.
In a prior thread I learned that for FLAC files that have both Vorbis and ID3v2 tags I can use Ctrl-X and Ctrl-V to clear the ID3v2 tags. But this does not work here. Both the ID3v2.3 and ID3v1.1 tags remain.
Also in that prior thread was a comment about MP3tag not supporting ID3v1 tags.
The issue is the DISCNUMBER tag. Other tags I can change.
So how can I clean out the tags I don't want?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/2 "2022-05-29T06:17:59Z")
> [@donwiss](#):
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> Also in that prior thread was a comment about MP3tag not supporting ID3v1 tags.
I hope that this was in the context of FLAC files. Otherwise it is not true.
> [@donwiss](#):
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> But this does not work here. Both the ID3v2.3 and ID3v1.1 tags remain.
What have you set in File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg?
If you want to remove ID3V1 tags then you have to enable "Delete" for these.
If you do not want to update them again, do not enable to write them.
If you "Delete" only for ID3V1 (and APE) but not ID3V2 then you can simply cut the tags without the need to paste them again.
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/3 "2022-05-29T10:21:16Z")
Thanks. I am almost entirely FLAC. So I've used MP3tag for few MP3 files. Yes, the not supporting ID3v1 tags was in the context of FLAC.
That Mpeg options page had the defaults. Never seen it before. I checked to remove ID2v1 and APE, but not ID3v2. I did Ctrl-X. The ID3v1 were removed. But I still have the wrong Disc Number in VLC, which is apparently reading a tag with a different name.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/4 "2022-05-29T10:46:39Z")
> [@donwiss](#):
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> But I still have the wrong Disc Number in VLC, which is apparently reading a tag with a different name
You could check which field features the data that you do not want in the extended tags dialogue.
Select a file with the wrong discnumber and press ALT-T
Also, it may be necessary to clear the VLC cache/database
> [@How to delete VLC player cache](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delet-vlc-player-cache/13017):
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> i want to change front cover image but it takes previous image which i use, suggest me how to change image on every new song
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/5 "2022-05-29T11:17:58Z")
Long before I posted here I checked the Extended Tags. It only shows the DiscNumber that I want.
To clear the wasteful VLC art cache I have a batch file on my Desktop. I clear it often. But clearing the art doesn't clear this bogus disc number.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/6 "2022-05-29T12:18:01Z")
So, is your problem solved?
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/7 "2022-05-29T13:09:44Z")
No. It is not solved.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/8 "2022-05-29T13:16:41Z")
So is it now a VLC player problem or is there anything that should be done in MP3tag?
If the latter is true, then please tell us which steps you took as requested in
> [@Hints for asking Support Requests](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190):
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> If you need support using Mp3tag, you can help the community members that are about to support you in finding a solution or workaround to your problem, by following these simple guidelines. Be descriptive, also in what you’ve already tried Please give a short explanation what’s not working as expected or what you’re trying to achieve. It’s best to know any details about the problem at hand and especially, what steps you’ve already tried to solve it by yourself. Helpful information also includ…
and what the extended tags dialogue of such a file looks like and what the results of the various test tools were.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/9 "2022-05-29T17:25:14Z")
If you have cleared the old v1 data from the file, that is all you can do from within mp3tag. Does VLC store it’s own library of the metadata info? There must be a way to force it to refresh that from your current info. Usually in the file or settings menu somewhere.
Most other players I have seen do. Except for iTunes of course, which requires some outside influence to force the update with a script.
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### Author:  [@donwiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donwiss)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/10 "2022-05-29T22:18:58Z")
I've given up and I've moved on.
To answer your question on VLC, it reads all the tags when it loads the tracks in. When it gets to playing that track, it checks the major tags to see if they have changed, and updates if they have. The only way to update the minor tags is to reload all the tracks into VLC again.
What is unknown is just what tag names it is reading and putting into the columns. For the column "Disc number" there is an order of tag names that it checks. It is reading some tag and using that before it reads DISCNUMBER.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-out-id3v1-1-tags/57437/11 "2026-02-09T12:29:47Z")