# %\_id3v2\_unknown\_frames% - which are they? **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-unknown-frames-which-are-they/58677 **Category:** Support **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-unknown-frames-which-are-they/58677 "2022-10-04T08:19:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG) #### Post date: [November 18, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-unknown-frames-which-are-they/58677/6 "2022-11-18T21:22:50Z")
I finally had some time today to look into removing some of these unknown frames I found in my library. I tried the method from this earlier post and had no success at first using the cut/paste method. > [@%\_id3v2\_unknown\_frames%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-unknown-frames/58572): > > What exactly are these "unknown frames? I loaded my music library and defined a column for %\_id3v2\_unknown\_frames% and indeed there were some indicated. I had a look in the extended view and was satisfied with what I saw - all tagfields I wanted were there. So I decided to get rid of these "unknown frames" and tried this with Copy/Delete/Paste. The defined column and also a filter showed that these frames were gone. But: I have a lot of symlinks to albums for special purposes. When I loade… Even when I confirmed I was using the "Cut Tags" tool and not "Copy" the tags were not being removed. I found that this was of course related to my settings for removing ID3v2 not being checked, as typically I don't want this to happen when using the Remove Tags tool. I didn't realize it also affected the Cut Tags tool. ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/1/18404b4bea6d974062d352db24c287f05186f940.png) Once I added the check for this option under Remove (all three), the cut/paste option worked and I can confirm the `%_id3v2_unknown_frames%` were then removed from the selected files as desired. This was an oversight on my part, but hopefully noting it here helps anyone else that is having this issue. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-unknown-frames-which-are-they/58677)._