# Convert ID3v2 to ID3v1 ???
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-id3v2-to-id3v1/6871
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 27, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-id3v2-to-id3v1/6871 "2008-05-27T00:47:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@JKeats](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JKeats)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-id3v2-to-id3v1/6871/1 "2008-05-27T00:47:06Z")
The CD player in my car can play mp3 files, but can only read ID3v1 tags. All of my tunes are currently in ID3v2.
Is there a way for me to convert the files to v1 tags before burning them onto CD?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-id3v2-to-id3v1/6871/2 "2008-05-27T11:42:52Z")
Go to Options \> Tags \> Mpeg
Select
Write: ID3v1 and ID3v2
Remove: ID3v2
Then use Ctrl+S (Save Tag) on your files, now they have ID3v1 and ID3v2
You can also try the 3 different ID3v2 options, maybe the player reads iso 8859-1 or it skips utf-8
If you need to remove the ID3v2 tag, then use Ctrl+R (Remove Tag)
If you remove the ID3v2 tag, you might lose tag information since ID3v1 has limits.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-id3v2-to-id3v1/6871/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:58Z")