# Tag Cleanup: Clearing all non-standard / ID3 tags?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-cleanup-clearing-all-non-standard-id3-tags/13671
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 21, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-cleanup-clearing-all-non-standard-id3-tags/13671 "2012-07-21T17:06:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@rytz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rytz)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-cleanup-clearing-all-non-standard-id3-tags/13671/1 "2012-07-21T17:06:06Z")
Greetings.
I'm basically trying to do a cleaning pass on all my music to remove all non-ID3 tags that might be present. I'm able to easily clear ID3 data from fields that I don't care about, but what about "hidden" or "custom" fields that you can't see? Maybe the user uses a DJ program that adds custom tags for something and you never even know they are there? How would you do a complete clean of these non-standard tags?
Now, I do know about the "Remove Tag" feature and the options associated with it. I've set MP3TAG to NOT remove ID3v1/2 tags when doing "Remove Tag" (I can do those in bulk myself manually) but from my experimentation with "Remove Tag" this doesn't remove custom or hidden non-ID3 fields.
Can someone give me some insight on the best methods for cleaning / clearing out all non-standard / ID3 data that might be hiding in MP3 files?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-cleanup-clearing-all-non-standard-id3-tags/13671/2 "2012-07-21T17:17:58Z")
There are action type like "Remove all tags except" or "Remove tags".
If you apply the "except" action then enter a list of fields that you want to keep. All others will get deleted.
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### Author:  [@rytz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rytz)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-cleanup-clearing-all-non-standard-id3-tags/13671/3 "2012-07-21T18:19:57Z")
I hadn't looked at the actions stuff yet - thanks. I'll take a look.
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### Author:  [@rytz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rytz)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-cleanup-clearing-all-non-standard-id3-tags/13671/4 "2012-07-21T21:19:26Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> There are action type like "Remove all tags except" or "Remove tags".
> If you apply the "except" action then enter a list of fields that you want to keep. All others will get deleted.
The "Remove all tags except" action worked great. Just had to add the fields I wanted to keep and everything else was removed.
Thanks! Awesome program!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-cleanup-clearing-all-non-standard-id3-tags/13671/5 "2026-02-09T12:23:58Z")