# ID3v1 tags are not identified in FLAC files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-are-not-identified-in-flac-files/13156
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 28, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-are-not-identified-in-flac-files/13156 "2012-02-28T18:23:31Z")
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### Author: ![ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ryerman/32/5285_2.png) [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-are-not-identified-in-flac-files/13156/1 "2012-02-28T18:23:31Z")

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If a FLAC file has Vorbis tags and ID3v **2** tags then %\_tag% expands to "FLAC ID3v2".  
Good. This shows me the files that should be edited to remove the ID3 tags.

However, without using Mp3tag, I accidentally discovered several FLAC files with ID3v **1** tags. %\_tag% expanded to "FLAC".  
Therefore, there was no indication of the "improper" ID3 tags that I want to remove.  
I could still remove the offending ID3v1 tags in the usual way but I only knew they were there by a lucky accident.

Does Mp3tag ignore ID3v1 tags in FLAC files?

It would be better to indicate any and all ID3 tags contained in FLAC files.

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