# Feature suggestion: tag checking/validation

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-tag-checking-validation/67125
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 11, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-tag-checking-validation/67125 "2025-01-11T21:44:58Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-tag-checking-validation/67125/2 "2025-01-11T21:52:09Z")

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> [@rboss](#):
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> my/other user's music files' tags are valid across their respective tagging standard(s) (ID3, APE, etc.)?"

I am not sure what you mean by checking the validity.  
As soon as MP3tag comes across tags that are unintelligeable by MP3tag are already flagged.  
If you look for tools that check files for integrity in general, see the already existing thread:

> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …

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