# iD3v1 tags not being removed
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 1, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592 "2021-10-01T14:05:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@gsa999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gsa999)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/1 "2021-10-01T14:05:24Z")
I have had MP3tag options set per attached screenshot for years, so that when saved the ID3v1 tags are removed. This has worked fine for ages. Recently however I have noticed it is no longer working - I am not sure which version this started from though. As you can see the ID3v1 tags remain even after I have made a change to a track and resaved it. Previously they just disappeared.
Previous screenshot
Now screenshot
Has there been a change in this functionality recently?
Thanks
G
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/2 "2021-10-01T14:07:21Z")
> [@gsa999](#):
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> Has there been a change in this functionality recently?
Not that I know of.
The "Remove" part only is used if you cut or delete tags, not while saving.
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### Author:  [@gsa999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gsa999)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/3 "2021-10-01T14:29:51Z")
I have deleted some tags and ID3v1 still do not disappear
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/4 "2021-10-01T14:35:17Z")
Isn't that what you wanted - to remove the ID3v1 tags?
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### Author:  [@Mach109](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mach109)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/5 "2021-10-07T07:57:38Z")
Having started my own thread with this theme (an initial search of the forum on the subject did not throw it up, unfortunately) I have exactly the same issue - even to the point of having shared an identical screen shot.
I also am sure that it used to work - and, yes - I want to remove ID3v1 tags. The question is:
What changed...
Why did it change...
Can it be put back again...
(please?)
...after all, "removed" means removed?
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### Author:  [@gsa999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gsa999)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/6 "2021-10-07T08:15:05Z")
Hi Mach109
The way to remove ID3v1 tags has certainly changed recently. I did manage to get rid of them by clicking the red X (2nd icon), but that is not what I did in the past when simply resaving the file with any tag change (not just deleting a tag) got rid of them (because of the options that had been set)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/7 "2021-10-07T08:20:08Z")
Can you please point out the Mp3tag version where it worked differently for you before?
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### Author:  [@Mach109](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mach109)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/8 "2021-10-07T08:45:05Z")
Unfortunately, I can't be definite, but would hazard a guess with the changes that happened after 3.05 was upgraded? Sorry if that is of no real help...
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/9 "2021-10-07T09:10:49Z")
See this thread
["Remove tags" doesn't remove? - Support - Mp3tag Community](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-tags-doesnt-remove/5940)
from 2007 - so apparently that behaviour was the same in those days as it is now ...
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### Author:  [@Mach109](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mach109)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/10 "2021-10-07T09:16:27Z")
Well, it has worked for me on the PC version up to relatively recently and still works on the Mac version?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/11 "2021-10-07T10:46:48Z")
> [@Mach109](#):
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> still works on the Mac version
I cannot reproduce it there either. Which version are you using on the Mac, what are your settings at _Preferences → Tag Formats_, and which tag formats do the files originally contain.
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### Author:  [@Mach109](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mach109)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/12 "2021-10-08T07:49:59Z")
OK...
I apologise - I can't remove the ID3v1 tags on the Mac version [1.2.3.(51)] either having just done a test with both types of ID3 tagger. So, both versions do not remove the ID3v1 tags.
But I have done it in the past, and it is something that I do do on every mp3 file because it 'confuses' both of the players that I use to play files with. I only want ID3v2.3 tags on everything and currently have to check and remove the unwanted ID3v1 tags in another programme.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/13 "2021-10-08T08:04:04Z")
You can also remove them in Mp3tag: ensure that ID3v1 is checked at _Remove_ and then simply remove the Tag via _File → Remove Tag_ (Windows) or _Edit → Remove Tag_ (Mac).
It only removes the tag types that are actually enabled for removal.
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### Author:  [@Mach109](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mach109)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/14 "2021-10-08T12:40:20Z")
Thank you for clearing that up, Florian.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-not-being-removed/54592/15 "2021-11-07T12:40:52Z")
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