# Need help understanding how to remove ID3v1 tags

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-understanding-how-to-remove-id3v1-tags/65525
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 8, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-understanding-how-to-remove-id3v1-tags/65525 "2024-08-08T23:02:01Z")
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### Author: ![bert33](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@bert33](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bert33)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-understanding-how-to-remove-id3v1-tags/65525/1 "2024-08-08T23:02:01Z")

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My goal is to remove ID3V1 tags, and just have ID3v2.3 & APEv2 tags.  
Here's the process I took - hoping someone can point to what I missed . . .

Step 1:Uncheck ID3v1 from Write, check ID3v1 for remove (screen shot)  
 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/c/c/ccec946c55f3a22486044b2eaa42311e306a7a37.png)

Step 2: Tag Sources, Discogs, select album, apply tags (worked, as new tags are visible)  
However, ID3v1 tags still exist:  
 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/1/5/158a0935b1667588ed41a3d138272977c5555ee2.png)

Do I need to enable ID3v1 under Write?

Thank you.

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### 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: [August 9, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-understanding-how-to-remove-id3v1-tags/65525/2 "2024-08-09T00:03:52Z")

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> [@bert33](#):
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> Uncheck ID3v1 from Write, check ID3v1 for remove

Only leave id3v1 checked under remove. Then use the red X ❌ icon to remove id3v1 from all selected files.

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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: [September 8, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-understanding-how-to-remove-id3v1-tags/65525/3 "2024-09-08T00:04:26Z")

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