# Delete fields from command line
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694 "2018-01-16T04:43:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@shillshocked](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shillshocked)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/1 "2018-01-16T04:43:42Z")
> [@\[X\] Blank comment should also delete ID3V1 COMMENT field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-blank-comment-should-also-delete-id3v1-comment-field/8679/1):
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> Hi eyebex,
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> I've decided that I keep the differentiation between those fields -- even if they are comment fields effectively.
>
> Kind regards,
> Florian
How can I delete this field in the command line? I use command line software to remove unnecessary tags, but I can't get this particular tag deleted, as I don't know precisely how to address it.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/2 "2018-01-16T05:08:08Z")
> [@Shill Shocked](#):
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> How can I delete this field in the command line?...
Not at all. There are no command line parameters for tag manipulation.
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### Author:  [@shillshocked](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shillshocked)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2018, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/3 "2018-01-17T07:37:22Z")
> [@Shill Shocked](#):
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> How can I delete this field in the command line? I use command line software to remove unnecessary tags, but I can't get this particular tag deleted, as I don't know precisely how to address it.
I know that, but I was wondering if you know of any software that can accomplish the feat via the command line. I am working on some scripts. I want to automatically strip some tags, but this one stubbornly refuses to go away.
I thought maybe you would have the technical know-how to recommend something. 
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/4 "2018-01-17T08:11:22Z")
> [@Shill Shocked](#):
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> ...I thought maybe you ... recommend something. 
No, sorry, I am quite happy with the GUI features of MP3tag and the built-in scripting functions.
Also, the approach "load once, manipulate many times" seems to me superior to a solution "scan through library again for every manipulation" which is probably the consequence of a commandline solution.
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### Author:  [@shillshocked](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shillshocked)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/5 "2018-01-17T09:02:27Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> No, sorry, I am quite happy with the GUI features of MP3tag and the built-in scripting functions.
> Also, the approach "load once, manipulate many times" seems to me superior to a solution "scan through library again for every manipulation" which is probably the consequence of a commandline solution.
Unfortunately, I need an automated solution with zero human interaction so that's not gonna work.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/6 "2018-01-17T12:40:56Z")
Maybe you can make it work using Case's [tag.exe](http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Tag_(tagger))
Kind regards
— Florian
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### Author:  [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/7 "2018-01-18T05:16:32Z")
If you have a dbPowerAmp Reference license you can use the CLI like so
"C:\Program Files\dBpoweramp\CoreConverter.exe" -infile="1.mp3" -outfile="1.mp3" -convert\_to="[ID Tag Update]" -delsingle0="COMMENT ID3V1 COMMENT"
It's the only Windows CLI tool I know of that can write those type of comment fields. There is a trial version available at [https://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm](https://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm)
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### Author:  [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/8 "2018-01-18T07:56:20Z")
I just discovered that the latest version of ID3 mass tagger can also do this now!
id3.exe -2 -rCOMM:"ID3V1 COMMENT":eng 1.mp3
and also supports recursion e.g.
id3.exe -2 -rCOMM:"ID3V1 COMMENT":eng -R \*.mp3
[https://squell.github.io/id3/](https://squell.github.io/id3/)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-fields-from-command-line/19694/9 "2026-02-09T12:27:11Z")