# Request: Force ID3

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-force-id3/47793
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 6, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-force-id3/47793 "2020-02-06T19:56:18Z")
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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: [February 7, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-force-id3/47793/4 "2020-02-07T06:15:10Z")

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Here is a thread with a number of further links that deal with the problem of ID3 tags in FLAC files. The gist of it: don't do it.  
The problem is the player, not the tags.

> [@Tags: FLAC (FLAC) and FLAC (FLAC ID3v2)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-flac-flac-and-flac-flac-id3v2/14381):
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> I just scanned my collection of FLAC files and a few have "FLAC (FLAC ID3v2)" in the tag column. Most just have simply "FLAC (FLAC)" listed in the Tag column. What is the difference and how might this have happened?

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