Edit Your MP3 Tag Information - Microsoft Windows Tips

MP3 tags are used to store information about MP3 songs such as artist, song and album name as well as other customizable information like song year and the bit rate it was created at. This tag information is then displayed on your MP3 player or media player when you are playing the song to show you the information about the song. The tag information is embedded into each MP3 file and stays there if you move the files to a different computer.

When you convert music from CD to MP3 files on your computer you can have the software get the song information off the internet if the ripping software has that feature and if that information is available online. Popular CD ripping software such as Roxio and Windows Media Player will try and find as much of the information as it can about the songs you are converting to MP3 files.

If your ripping software can't get this information or if you have MP3 songs already on your computer that you want to change then it's possible to edit the tag information for these songs. To do this all you need to do is right click the MP3 file and choose Properties. Then go to the Details tab and change or add any information you choose.

You will notice that there are many fields that you can change including things such as song title, artist, genre, year and length. It will also show you the bit rate that the song was converted at. The higher the number the better the quality of the song and the larger the file size will be. 320kbps is the highest quality setting.

If you scroll down you will see other useful information such as the location of the file, date it was created, file size and if it's shared or not.

To change any of the information just click in that field and make the changes you want and then click OK when you are finished and your MP3 file will be updated with the new information. If you click the link that says Remove Properties and Personal Information you will be prompted as to what information you would like to remove from the MP3 tag data. There is also the option to create a copy of the file with all the possible properties removed from that file.

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