# Is it possible to conditionally remove a tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-conditionally-remove-a-tag/3948
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 23, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-conditionally-remove-a-tag/3948 "2006-10-23T19:17:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/jj_johnson/32/67_2.png) [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-conditionally-remove-a-tag/3948/1 "2006-10-23T19:17:40Z")

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Is it possible in mp3tag to remove a given tag if it contains some value?

if MYTAG == 'Some string' then Remove MYTAG

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-conditionally-remove-a-tag/3948/2 "2006-10-23T21:50:31Z")

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(wrong forum section, topic moved)

_Action type:_ **Format value**  
_Field:_ **MYTAG**  
_Formatstring:_ **$if($eql(%MYTAG%,some string),,%MYTAG%)**

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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, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-conditionally-remove-a-tag/3948/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:57Z")

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