# Strip all tags except the main ones...
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 3, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715 "2006-01-03T00:48:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@TPJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TPJ)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/1 "2006-01-03T00:48:17Z")
I'd like to clean up my MP3s by removing all tags except the ones I need (Artist, Album Artist (Band), Title, Year, Genre, Track #). What is the best way to handle this?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2006, 8:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/2 "2006-01-03T08:18:37Z")
First create a [new action group](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1) and name it "Strip tags" or something like that.
Create a new action Remove fields except inside the action group and enter artist;album artist;genre;title;track;year
Just apply this action to your files to remove all unwanted fields.
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@TPJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TPJ)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/3 "2006-01-03T23:51:08Z")
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@TPJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TPJ)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/4 "2006-01-09T19:38:28Z")
Is this process going to strip all TYPES of tags (APE, LAME, etc.) or just ID3x?
I have some files that were run through MP3Gain and I wanted to be sure that the info it sets was stripped as well.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2006, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/5 "2006-01-09T20:17:45Z")
It removes the types that are selected in Options \> Tags \> Mpeg \> Remove
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### Author:  [@TPJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TPJ)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/6 "2006-01-09T22:09:07Z")
This program gets better and better the more I learn about it.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/7 "2006-11-06T17:13:47Z")
> [@dano](#):
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> It removes the types that are selected in Options \> Tags \> Mpeg \> Remove
But it is true, that Mp3tag only removes "supported" tags? It doesn't removes tags like TXXX?
Or do I misunderstand this topic: [/t/775/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/775/1)
Can I remove all (but really ALL, including the non-standard) unwanted tags with one action for all marked mp3?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/8 "2006-11-07T17:24:40Z")
Mp3tag does not support removing unkown ID3v2 frames with this action.
But the TXXX frame **is** supported.
Unknow frames can be removed when the whole ID3v2 tag is deleted and then rewritten (with "Undo").
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### Author:  [@Kees788](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kees788)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/9 "2009-01-27T18:02:36Z")
I could have started a new thread but basically this is what I want to do.
> [@dano](#):
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> Unknow frames can be removed when the whole ID3v2 tag is deleted and then rewritten (with "Undo").
How exactly would I do this? I want to keep the main tags (album, artist, track, track nr.)
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### Author:  [@fulocri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fulocri)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/10 "2009-03-06T14:33:09Z")
> [@](#):
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> First create a new action group and name it "Strip tags" or something like that.
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> Create a new action Remove fields except inside the action group and enter
> CODE
> artist;album artist;genre;title;track;year
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> Just apply this action to your files to remove all unwanted fields.
> [@](#):
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> Unknow frames can be removed when the whole ID3v2 tag is deleted and then rewritten (with "Undo").
Any way to do this in one action?. I have noticed a lot LYRICS3 tags and other tags i have no use for after running "Remove fields except"
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/11 "2009-03-07T14:35:43Z")
Not yet, it's on my internal wish list.
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### Author:  [@fulocri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fulocri)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/12 "2010-06-08T04:40:57Z")
Any progress?
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715/13 "2025-11-10T11:27:12Z")
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