# Remove specific tags?

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/remove-specific-tags/1275>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/remove-specific-tags/1275 "2020-05-14T12:38:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![October\_Rust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@October\_Rust](https://discourse.beets.io/u/October_Rust)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/remove-specific-tags/1275/1 "2020-05-14T12:38:51Z")

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Hi,  
I’d like to remove specific tags on import, e.g. ffprobe shows a tag called “mp3gain\_minmax”, which should be removed from files. Also beets adds a tag called “iTunNORM” which I do not want.  
Is this possible?

Thanks

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**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 14, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/remove-specific-tags/1275/2 "2020-05-14T12:49:57Z")

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Hello! Start out with the `scrub` plugin, which removes fields that beets does not support. You may also be interested in the `zero` plugin that automatically deletes values from fields it _does_ support.

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**Author:** ![October\_Rust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@October\_Rust](https://discourse.beets.io/u/October_Rust)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/remove-specific-tags/1275/3 "2020-05-14T12:58:33Z")

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Thanks! I already had a look at the scrub plugin but probably I got the description wrong: my impression was that it will remove all tags, e.g. comment tags that I’ve filled manually, too.

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**Author:** ![October\_Rust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/919ad9/32.png) [@October\_Rust](https://discourse.beets.io/u/October_Rust)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/remove-specific-tags/1275/4 "2020-05-14T13:20:54Z")

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OK, I’ve tried and the problem with scrub is:

- it also removes some of my replaygain tags, that loudgain has added (REPLAYGAIN\_REFERENCE\_LOUDNESS, REPLAYGAIN\_TRACK\_RANGE, REPLAYGAIN\_ALBUM\_RANGE)
- it does not remove the “iTunNORM” tag. Not sure if I can remove this one via the zero plugin