# Cleaning tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [May 16, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/cleaning-tags/97 "2017-05-16T14:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![akya](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/akya/32/12_2.png) [@akya](https://discourse.beets.io/u/akya)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/cleaning-tags/97/1 "2017-05-16T14:42:46Z")

I was importing some music today but saw some tags remained behind even if I had scrub plugin enabled. This is the info before importing - ``` Format : MPEG Audio File size : 3.84 MiB Duration : 4 min 5 s Overall bit rate mode : Constant Overall bit rate : 128 kb/s Album : Doll Domination 3.0 Album/Performer : The Pussycat Dolls Part/Position : 1 Part/Total : 1 Track name : When I Grow Up Track name/Position : 1 Track name/Total : 20 Performer : The Pussycat Dolls Performer/Sorted by : Pussycat Dolls, The Performer/Url : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Original/Performer : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Composer : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Lyricist : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Original/Lyricist : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Conductor : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Encoded by : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Remixed by : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Thanks to : arranger Publisher : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Genre : Dance-Pop Original/Released date : UTC 2008-01- 1 Recorded date : UTC 2009-08- 0 Writing library : LAME3.92 BPM : 0 ISRC : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Copyright : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Service name : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Service/Url : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Cover : Yes Cover type : Cover (front) Cover MIME : image/jpeg Lyrics : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Media Type : CD Script : Latn ASIN : B002HM2GCO Commercial information : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Official audio file webpage : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Official audio source webpage : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET URL : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Artist Credit : Pussycat Dolls MusicBrainz Album Type : album REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN : -6.11 dB REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK : 1.000000 MusicBrainz Album Status : Official Album Artist Credit : Pussycat Dolls ALBUMARTISTSORT : Pussycat Dolls, The MusicBrainz Album Release Country : GB MusicBrainz Album Id : 932370ad-1a1f-4f17-b41c-7f2a08d71393 MusicBrainz Artist Id : 1fda852b-92e9-4562-82fa-c52820a77b23 MusicBrainz Album Artist Id : 1fda852b-92e9-4562-82fa-c52820a77b23 MusicBrainz Release Group Id : 930202e7-58d9-3476-b1fa-7c7faf07ec9b ``` This is when I used scrub - ``` Format : MPEG Audio File size : 3.84 MiB Duration : 4 min 5 s Overall bit rate mode : Constant Overall bit rate : 128 kb/s Album : Doll Domination 3.0 Album/Performer : The Pussycat Dolls Part/Position : 1 Part/Total : 1 Track name : When I Grow Up Track name/Position : 1 Track name/Total : 20 Performer : The Pussycat Dolls Performer/Sorted by : Pussycat Dolls, The Composer : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Lyricist : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Encoded by : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Thanks to : arranger Publisher : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Genre : Dance-Pop Original/Released date : UTC 2008-01- 1 Recorded date : UTC 2009-08- 0 Writing library : LAME3.92 BPM : 0 Cover : Yes Cover type : Cover (front) Cover MIME : image/jpeg Lyrics : WWW.iM1MUSIC.NET Media Type : CD Script : Latn ASIN : B002HM2GCO Artist Credit : Pussycat Dolls MusicBrainz Album Type : album REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_GAIN : -6.11 dB REPLAYGAIN_TRACK_PEAK : 1.000000 MusicBrainz Album Status : Official Album Artist Credit : Pussycat Dolls ALBUMARTISTSORT : Pussycat Dolls, The MusicBrainz Album Release Country : GB MusicBrainz Album Id : 932370ad-1a1f-4f17-b41c-7f2a08d71393 MusicBrainz Artist Id : 1fda852b-92e9-4562-82fa-c52820a77b23 MusicBrainz Album Artist Id : 1fda852b-92e9-4562-82fa-c52820a77b23 MusicBrainz Release Group Id : 930202e7-58d9-3476-b1fa-7c7faf07ec9b ``` And this is when I used Picard to clear all existing tags and write new ones - ``` Format : MPEG Audio File size : 4.83 MiB Duration : 4 min 5 s Overall bit rate mode : Constant Overall bit rate : 128 kb/s Album : Doll Domination 3.0 Album/Performer : Pussycat Dolls Album/Performer/Sort : Pussycat Dolls, The Part/Position : 1 Part/Total : 1 Track name : When I Grow Up Track name/Position : 1 Track name/Total : 20 Performer : Pussycat Dolls Performer/Sorted by : Pussycat Dolls, The Original/Released date : 2008 Recorded date : 2009-10-08 Writing library : LAME3.92 ISRC : USUM70813999 Cover : Yes Cover type : Cover (front) Cover MIME : image/jpeg Media Type : CD SCRIPT : Latn originalyear : 2008 MusicBrainz Album Type : album MusicBrainz Album Artist Id : 1fda852b-92e9-4562-82fa-c52820a77b23 MusicBrainz Artist Id : 1fda852b-92e9-4562-82fa-c52820a77b23 BARCODE : 602527154916 MusicBrainz Album Id : 932370ad-1a1f-4f17-b41c-7f2a08d71393 Artists : Pussycat Dolls MusicBrainz Release Track Id : 265ba03b-0bfb-3013-9341-cdcb59780406 MusicBrainz Release Group Id : 930202e7-58d9-3476-b1fa-7c7faf07ec9b ASIN : B002HM2GCO MusicBrainz Album Status : official MusicBrainz Album Release Country : GB ``` How can I cleanup tags like Picard when importing? As you can see all www link fields were cleaned up in the last example. I think zero plugin cleans up fields that are mentioned in config. But I just want everything cleaned when importing. ---

**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/cleaning-tags/97/2 "2017-05-16T15:22:26Z")

We don’t have a way to remove all the tags that don’t come from MusicBrainz. You can consider using the `keep_fields` option in the `zero` plugin: it lets you list all the fields you actually want and remove any others. ---

**Author:** ![kojoki1406](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/kojoki1406/32/573_2.png) [@kojoki1406](https://discourse.beets.io/u/kojoki1406)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/cleaning-tags/97/3 "2021-10-07T19:40:42Z")

> [@adrian](#): > > We don’t have a way to remove all the tags that don’t come from MusicBrainz. Is this still a no-go? It’s the only thing I miss about Picard after switching to beets. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/beets/original/1X/29254346e61d81119d0b00e30cbbe5e27e8aa213.png)