# Tagged in the Program but not outside?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagged-in-the-program-but-not-outside/54556>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 29, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagged-in-the-program-but-not-outside/54556 "2021-09-29T01:53:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dekiscool](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dekiscool](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dekiscool)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 1:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagged-in-the-program-but-not-outside/54556/1 "2021-09-29T01:53:30Z")

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Hi. New to the group. Anyways...never had an issue with MP3Tag until tonight. I tagging a bunch of music files and going back in the folder to check when I came across 2 files I know I tagged, only to find they were not tagged. I opened MP3Tag and I see them tagged...complete with album cover pic etc. But I go to the folder and the file and they are not tagged. No cover art or anything. I opened the properties of the files and no tags. What happened? Thanks for any help.

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**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagged-in-the-program-but-not-outside/54556/2 "2021-09-29T03:30:41Z")

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Perhaps an example might help. File type? Id3v1, v2, ape? OS?

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**Author:** ![dekiscool](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dekiscool](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dekiscool)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagged-in-the-program-but-not-outside/54556/3 "2021-09-29T03:34:58Z")

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It says ID3V2.3. It's an MP3...still using windows 7 at the moment. Like I said...no problem with any others...just 2 files. Started tagging other songs in the same folder below these 2...no problem...

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**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagged-in-the-program-but-not-outside/54556/4 "2021-09-29T03:44:18Z")

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I’d test them for validation of the tags, or possibly even file corruption. Try mp3diags.

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**Author:** ![dekiscool](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dekiscool](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dekiscool)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagged-in-the-program-but-not-outside/54556/5 "2021-09-29T03:45:49Z")

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I ended up doing an online conversion and it worked fine after that

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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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagged-in-the-program-but-not-outside/54556/6 "2026-02-09T12:29:26Z")

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