# \[X\] Tags removed from MP4s regardless of settings
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [November 22, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093 "2006-11-22T00:30:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Logan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Logan)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2006, 12:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093/1 "2006-11-22T00:30:51Z")
Despite the fact that I do not have any of the 'Remove' check boxes checked, when I select File, Remove Tag it removes all tags from m4a files. It does not remove any ID3 tags from mp3s.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093/2 "2006-11-22T10:00:13Z")
ID3 for MP4 is not supported by Mp3tag and the format itself, so if you have MP4 files with standard ID3 tags, the files are probably broken.
Did you mean "MP4s" instead of "MP3s" in your last sentence?
Best regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Logan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Logan)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093/3 "2006-11-22T17:00:18Z")
> [@Florian](#):
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> Did you mean "MP4s" instead of "MP3s" in your last sentence?
>
> Best regards,
> Florian
Sorry - that was a bit confusing.
With no tag types selected for removal, 'Remove' will clear the tags within an M4A file (MP4 tag) but will leave MP3 files (ID3 tags) alone.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093/4 "2006-11-23T08:47:43Z")
Yes, this is intended.
MP4 files only can have MP4 tags, so there is no additional option needed.
Best regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Logan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Logan)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093/5 "2006-11-25T01:51:34Z")
What if I don't want the M4A tags removed? There's no option to not remove them.
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093/6 "2006-11-25T06:31:27Z")
If you don't want to have them removed you don't click on the red X. 🙂 If you have lots of files of different formats, you can sort by codec and only select the files you want to edit.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-removed-from-mp4s-regardless-of-settings/4093/7 "2018-12-28T14:17:27Z")
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