# How can I select ID3V2.3 and UTF8

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-select-id3v2-3-and-utf8/47558
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 19, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-select-id3v2-3-and-utf8/47558 "2020-01-19T00:13:23Z")
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### Author: ![hornyakferi](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/aca169/32.png) [@hornyakferi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hornyakferi)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-select-id3v2-3-and-utf8/47558/23 "2020-01-20T15:53:59Z")

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> [@dano](#):
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> There is an old microsoft programm called AppLocale for WinXP which might be able to force Mp3tag to write a different codepage than ISO-8859-1

Thanks dano. I might take a look at it.  
Nevertheless, I think Mp3tag does a great job as it is, staying along with the standards, so I really have no "right" to alter this. I can live with such a "cosmetic" imperfection, missing those four characters is no big deal for a "party jukebox" 🙂 .

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