# "Remove tags" doesn't remove?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-tags-doesnt-remove/5940
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 23, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-tags-doesnt-remove/5940 "2007-12-23T16:40:08Z")
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### Author: ![Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/moonbase/32/207_2.png) [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-tags-doesnt-remove/5940/1 "2007-12-23T16:40:08Z")

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Florian, you might want to have a look into a [thread at MusicIP](http://forums.musicip.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=3273&view=findpost&p=13501). User "urlwolf" had the problem of a "tag mish-mash" and I suggested deciding on one "standard" and rewriting the tags using MP3Tag.

As far as I know, MP3Tag is supposed to actually _remove_ the tags you specify to remove under "Tools/Options/Tags/Mpeg", for instance. Is that not so? It didn't work out for "urlwolf" except when explicitly removing all tags (CTRL+A, CTRL+R) and rewriting them using "Undo" (CTRL+Z).

I tried to verify this (quick & dirty test) using v2.39k by specifying this in "Tools/Options/Tags/Mpeg":

- Read
  - [x] ID3v1
  - [x] ID3v2
  - [_] APE_

- Write
  - [] ID3v1
  - [x] ID3v2
    - (x) ID3v2.4 UTF-8
    - (_) ID3v2.3 UTF-16_
    - () ID3v2.3 ISO-8859-1
    - [\_] ID3v2 only if ID3v1 too small

  - [x] APE

- Remove
  - [x] ID3v1
  - [x] ID3v2
  - [x] APE

The file I tested had both ID3v1 plus ID3v2.3/ISO-8859-1 tags.

I was expecting that _after_ a "Save" the file should _only_ contain an ID3v2.4/UTF-8 plus an APEv2 tag. _These_ it had (i.e., the ID3 was rewritten correctly, plus an APEv2 tag generated) _but the ID3v1 tag was also still there!_

Do I somehow "misinterpret" what "Remove tags" should do? Or is this just a bug in 2.39j/k?  
I always assumed that just "re-saving" should do the trick of "cleaning up" according to one's tag settings - I wouldn't trust _any_ software doing an "undo" on say, 30.000 files...

Thanks in advance for your help. I urged "urlwolf" to come over here to take part in the discussion and maybe give you further input on this.

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