# Removing 3.1 tags when present

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-3-1-tags-when-present/16243>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 16, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-3-1-tags-when-present/16243 "2014-10-16T13:51:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![johnaalex](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@johnaalex](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johnaalex)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-3-1-tags-when-present/16243/1 "2014-10-16T13:51:03Z")

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I have a number of MP3s with 3.1.and 3.2 tags, how can I strip out the 3,1 tags using your software?

Thanks for your help and a very useful application.

John Alexander

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-3-1-tags-when-present/16243/2 "2014-10-16T14:13:52Z")

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Check File\>Options\>Mpeg  
There you can set which tag versions you read, write and delete.  
If you want to get rid of the V1 tags, tick "delete" and "read".  
Then select all tracks and press Ctrl-S to save.

To streamline that process, you can set a filter first (press F3 to show the filter at the bottom of the main window):  
%\_tag% HAS v1

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-3-1-tags-when-present/16243/3 "2026-02-09T12:25:19Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC