# \[X\] Tag Removing Is Not Fully Working
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [March 5, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043 "2009-03-05T16:00:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Dux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dux)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043/1 "2009-03-05T16:00:58Z")
This is a thing that has been happening to me for quite some time now, when I select 20+ or so files for tag removal, not all of them are removed. I have to sometimes repeat the process several times before all tags disappear.
This happens sometimes with even fewer files selected. I changed my whole PC in the meantime, so something related to that is not the case.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043/2 "2009-03-05T18:09:21Z")
Some questions:
- Which version were you using?
- Does it happen with the latest [Development Build](http://developer.mp3tag.de)?
- Which file types were affected (MP3, WMA, ...)?
- Which tag settings at Options \> Tags \> Mpeg \> Remove were used when using  or [Ctrl+R]?
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### Author:  [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043/3 "2009-03-05T23:21:58Z")
I’ve seen this sometimes (with older 2.4x builds) when files had _two_ ID3v1 tags — one at the beginning, one at the end of the file, _or_ when files hat _two_ ID3v2.x tags, (illegally) concatenated one after the other.
Usually, such things stem from using a bad (non-compliant) tag writer.
Using CTRL+R twice usually (but not always) helped.
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### Author:  [@Dux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dux)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043/4 "2009-03-07T11:17:21Z")
Florian, I've already thought of all those things. My version is always the latest development build and the options are set to remove all tags. I think it happens only on MP3 files.
Moonbase, it's probably something like that. And yes, usually CTRL+R twice helps but sometimes I have to repeat it even more.
If I need to do some testing or such, just say.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043/5 "2009-03-08T08:51:43Z")
Yes, I also think that Moonbase is right -- haven't thought of double or even triple tags.
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### Author:  [@Dux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dux)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043/6 "2009-03-08T16:45:14Z")
Any chance of some improvement there? I guess it's not a simple thing though...
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043/7 "2009-03-08T18:17:26Z")
No, this is currently not planned. It's a rare case and it's caused by broken software.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043/8 "2018-12-28T14:24:59Z")
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