# Selectively delete APE tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 17, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-delete-ape-tags/17656 "2016-02-17T19:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/rijkstra/32/22_2.png) [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-delete-ape-tags/17656/1 "2016-02-17T19:00:10Z")
I'd like to see a way to selectively delete APE tags. I don't need them and have found data in them that is not read by Mp3tag, but shows up in Winamp. For now I'm cutting and pasting to this standard: ID3v2.3 (ID3v1 ID3v2.3) I can do this by checking only APE for removal, but is that recommended? Lyric tags--how does Mp3tag deal with them? ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-delete-ape-tags/17656/2 "2016-02-17T19:57:53Z")
> [@Rijkstra](#): > > I'd like to see a way to selectively delete APE tags. I don't need them and have found data in them that is not read by Mp3tag, but shows up in Winamp. For now I'm cutting and pasting to this standard: > > ID3v2.3 (ID3v1 ID3v2.3) > > Why cut and paste just to get rid of one type of tag? It takes a while when hundreds of files are involved. If you set MP3tag File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg to only read and delete APE you more or less have that function. Yet: you have to physically remove this data from the files, so the files have to be rewritten. If this takes longer if you keep doing it the way you did until now, I do not know. I would think: it is about the same. ---
**Author:** ![Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/rijkstra/32/22_2.png) [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-delete-ape-tags/17656/3 "2016-02-20T04:28:24Z")
Thanks, ohrenkino. It's faster just to delete them. I'm thinking about getting rid of the ID3v1 tags also, but am not aware of the problems that might entail. It's been a long time since i've run across an app that requires them. It seems like it was in the 1990s. ---
**Author:** ![garym](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/garym/32/4822_2.png) [@garym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/garym)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-delete-ape-tags/17656/4 "2016-02-20T16:20:34Z")
I removed all my ID3v1 tags several years ago. Having both those and ID3v2.3 tags can _sometimes_ create issues. Unless you have very old players, the ID3v1 tags are of no use. ---
**Author:** ![Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/rijkstra/32/22_2.png) [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-delete-ape-tags/17656/5 "2016-02-20T19:49:40Z")
> [@garym](#): > > I removed all my ID3v1 tags several years ago. Having both those and ID3v2.3 tags can _sometimes_ create issues. Unless you have very old players, the ID3v1 tags are of no use. I'll do that over time since I don't have any ancient players. THX ---
**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selectively-delete-ape-tags/17656/6 "2026-02-09T12:26:05Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC