How to Edit ID3 Tags Automatically

Adam Cash

Jul 11,2019 • Filed to: Manage Music • Proven solutions

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What is the best ID3 tag editor? What are some things to be wary of when working with it?

If your music library is well tagged, organising it becomes a very simple task. Tracks or playlists without sufficient information can be complicated especially while browsing or playing them. In fact, it can be more frustrating if you discover that a number of the tracks are named incorrectly or don’t have a name at all or aren’t organized in their albums. It can even be more complicated if the playlists’ genres or artists aren’t arranged perfectly. Such stress can simply be eliminated by various programs that automatically edit ID3 tags. This article will provide valuable details on how to edit ID3 tags automatically.

It’s very easy to update album tracks or playlists with correct ID3 tag information for instance, artist, and album as well as track number via iTunes. You can add, remove or edit the information about the tracks or songs. Do the following:

Getting Tracks Information

• Open the iTunes. Copy the playlists or albums tracks into iTunes by simply dragging and dropping them. Make sure you have downloaded and installed iTunes.
• To edit album information, select the songs or playlists or tracks. Then select them on album.
• Tap (Control + Click) or simply right click and then tap ‘Get Info’
• Now, you can edit, remove or add album’s artist, artist’s name or the year the album was released. To save the changes, tap ‘Ok’

Editing Album Information

• To Edit ID3 tags in Apple iTunes, you will need to choose each track and tap ‘Get Info’ to get information of each track.



• You can rename, add or remove track’s number, title etc. To save the changes, tap ‘OK’ .

Locating Album Folder

• To locate album folder, visit ‘Macintosh HD’ and then ‘Users’ and then ‘insert username’ and then ‘Music’ and then ‘iTunes’ and then ‘iTunes music’ and lastly ‘Artist name’
• Drag & Drop it or copy it somewhere. From here, it is easy to compress including sharing it with others. You can as well add albums or edit them.
• Sometimes, you may try editing the field but doesn’t work. If you experience this, select the tracks and then tap (Control + Click) or simply right clicking. Then select ‘Convert ID3 tags’. You will have an option of choosing various ‘Translate text Characters’. Choose ‘ASCII TO ISO LATIN-1’. Save changes by clicking ‘OK’. This will sort out the problem.

It’s very imperative to make sure that your playlists or tracks have entire ID3 tags embedded perfectly as well as ensuring tracks or playlists’ information is correct. iMusic - Music Downloader is a program that edits ID3 tags effectively in batch. To use iMusic, you must download and install it. Also, make sure if your device is compatible with it.