# How to delete many format strings?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-many-format-strings/42184>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 4, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-many-format-strings/42184 "2018-07-04T17:38:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Liegerad-Andreas](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@Liegerad-Andreas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Liegerad-Andreas)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-many-format-strings/42184/1 "2018-07-04T17:38:24Z")

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Hello,

I have very many format strings and I want to delete many of them. Is there a config/ini file where I can delete the unwanted format strings? Deleting one by one in the ui is very time consuming?

Thank you  
A.R.

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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:** [July 4, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-many-format-strings/42184/2 "2018-07-04T17:48:56Z")

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There is no editable file for this data.

There are functions in the right-arrow-button that allow you to delete one or all.  
So I would copy those strings that you want to keep to a plain text file and then delete all.  
When the time comes, recycle the strings from the text file.

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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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-many-format-strings/42184/3 "2026-02-09T12:27:30Z")

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