# Deleting Files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 27, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248 "2008-09-27T12:44:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![daveshear](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@daveshear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daveshear)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248/1 "2008-09-27T12:44:35Z")

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When I highlight files and hit the delete key, the files disappear. I then shut down MP3tag and reopen it only to find the files are back. How can I permanetely delete them?

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### Author: ![Stevest](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Stevest](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stevest)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248/2 "2008-09-27T13:39:29Z")

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Edit menu --\> Delete

or

Right click on the files --\> Delete in the local menu.

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### Author: ![daveshear](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@daveshear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daveshear)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248/3 "2008-09-27T15:07:54Z")

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> [@Stevest](#):
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> Edit menu --\> Delete
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> or
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> Right click on the files --\> Delete in the local menu.

On my Edit menu, there is no Delete.

Also, when I right click and hit delete. The files disappear. But when I shut down the program (MP3Tag) and reopen it, the files are back again.

I have the lastest version also.

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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: [September 27, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248/4 "2008-09-27T16:26:19Z")

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> [@DavidS](#):
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> On my Edit menu, there is no Delete.

It's available in the current [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de).

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### Author: ![daveshear](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@daveshear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daveshear)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248/5 "2008-09-27T19:25:00Z")

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> [@Florian](#):
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> It's available in the current [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de).

Thanks so much! The new build fixed it! Delete now works!

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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, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-files/7248/6 "2026-02-09T12:21:07Z")

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