# Problems after upgrading to 3.18
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 4, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969 "2022-11-04T21:16:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@jamm2005us](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamm2005us)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/1 "2022-11-04T21:16:25Z")
Now I have upgraded mp3Tag to 3.18 version. I like most of it. The problem is that all my tags (made with the former versions) are gone!
I can say that because Windows Media Player is still showing me the former tags.
So do I have to recreate _each and every tag_ of **every song** I have?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/2 "2022-11-04T21:18:44Z")
Please check File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg whether you read APE tags.
If that is so, switch that option off and see whether your tag data reappears.
In general, you should remove APE tags as they cause such irritation like this.
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### Author:  [@jamm2005us](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamm2005us)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/3 "2022-11-11T05:11:23Z")
Nope, your solution didn't work. I have just remembered I have this problem _after upgrading to 3.17 version_.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/4 "2022-11-11T06:16:28Z")
So, please show us the dump of the extended tags dialogue of a single file that allegedly has no tag data any more.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/5 "2022-11-11T12:50:30Z")
> [@jamm2005us](#):
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> So do I have to recreate _each and every tag_ of **every song** I have?
The tag data is a part of the file for each song, not in some mp3tag library. So if it existed prior to the update to mp3tag, it is still there. A screen shot of your library page and one with the details of one file would help to confirm this.
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### Author:  [@jamm2005us](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamm2005us)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/6 "2022-11-14T20:55:54Z")
And how am I supposed to do that? This is not my field, I'm sorry!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/7 "2022-11-14T20:58:33Z")
here is a description how to get a screenshot:
> [@Hints for asking Support Requests](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190):
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> If you need support using Mp3tag, you can help the community members that are about to support you in finding a solution or workaround to your problem, by following these simple guidelines. Be descriptive, also in what you’ve already tried Please give a short explanation what’s not working as expected or what you’re trying to achieve. It’s best to know any details about the problem at hand and especially, what steps you’ve already tried to solve it by yourself. Helpful information also includ…
Please select just 1 file and then press Alt-T to open the extended tags dialogue and then create the screenshot.
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### Author:  [@jamm2005us](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamm2005us)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/8 "2022-11-14T21:16:55Z")
Sure thing! Here it is:
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/9 "2022-11-14T21:25:27Z")
As you can see in the (green) title, you read APEv2-Tags with your current configuration settings.
Please re-read the [first answer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/2) from @ohrenkino and try his suggestion.
How does a screenshot looks like then?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/10 "2022-11-14T21:34:46Z")
In your options, look at this setting. Toggle the APE setting in the red circle to be unchecked and update your tags. (File\>Read Tag or Ctrl-T)
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### Author:  [@jamm2005us](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamm2005us)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/11 "2022-11-24T04:15:12Z")
Love your rush to reply me, guys, but I still have the problem. Been properly tagging my MP3 for years now, but it seems they are gone, but the weird thing is Windows Media Player "remembers" the old tags, but if I try to edit them, they dissapear!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/12 "2022-11-24T05:53:37Z")
> [@jamm2005us](#):
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> the weird thing
Nothing weird about that.
The tag data is still there - as you have shown us with the screendump that shows that you read APE tags which have precedence over ID3 tags.
Switch off reading APE tags and all the tag data that you don't see at the moment will reappear.
But that has been told by numerous participants in this thread.
Yet, you refuse to show us a screendump of the current settings in File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg and a dump of the extended tags dialogue read with these settings.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969/13 "2022-12-24T05:53:46Z")
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