# Non-existent albums (Release MBID) in Picard 3.0b1

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/non-existent-albums-release-mbid-in-picard-3-0b1/814723
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard
**Created:** [April 24, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/non-existent-albums-release-mbid-in-picard-3-0b1/814723 "2026-04-24T17:13:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![WindowsLover](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/windowslover/32/94887_2.png) [@WindowsLover](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/WindowsLover)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/non-existent-albums-release-mbid-in-picard-3-0b1/814723/1 "2026-04-24T17:13:16Z")

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Picard stubbornly detects 2 non-existent albums

```auto
e5a1ba39-7eec-47b1-a270-60062b59114f

```

```auto
c90d8723-37f6-4a17-ae16-6b77d8a61033

```

 ![a1](https://community.metabrainz.org/uploads/default/original/3X/9/f/9fb86ce4a9ff825f07461ba8b96bfc8a231d17b7.png)

```auto
MBID not found
No MusicBrainz entities match the MBID c90d8723-37f6-4a17-ae16-6b77d8a61033. Either it’s incorrect, it was for an entity that has since been removed, or it is an ID for something else than an entity (for example, a relationship type).

```

and assigns 10 tracks to them.

 ![a2](https://community.metabrainz.org/uploads/default/original/3X/c/6/c6d189b7e4890e20c8d57cde00c148cd80639ad7.png)

These 10 songs have their correct data, e.g.,

Rick James - Super Freak, Part 1

from album 80s Music Explosion! which has Release MBID `99f4da5b-e345-4c25-8e79-5249074fbeba`

I can provide additional data if necessary.

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### Author: ![outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/outsidecontext/32/90_2.png) [@outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/outsidecontext)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/non-existent-albums-release-mbid-in-picard-3-0b1/814723/2 "2026-04-24T17:30:38Z")

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The files have a release MBID that is invalid or no longer exists. If releases get deleted from MB (and not merged) the MBIDs can’t be loaded.

Retag your files against an existing release.

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### Author: ![WindowsLover](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/windowslover/32/94887_2.png) [@WindowsLover](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/WindowsLover)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/non-existent-albums-release-mbid-in-picard-3-0b1/814723/3 "2026-04-24T17:32:28Z")

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So they can’t be deleted from the database?  
They’re probably hidden somewhere very deep.

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### Author: ![outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/outsidecontext/32/90_2.png) [@outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/outsidecontext)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/non-existent-albums-release-mbid-in-picard-3-0b1/814723/4 "2026-04-24T17:38:43Z")

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They are deleted from the database, that’s why they can’t be loaded anymore.

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### Author: ![WindowsLover](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/windowslover/32/94887_2.png) [@WindowsLover](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/WindowsLover)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/non-existent-albums-release-mbid-in-picard-3-0b1/814723/5 "2026-04-24T17:39:40Z")

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But Picard is getting these MBIDs from somewhere. Where?

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### Author: ![outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/outsidecontext/32/90_2.png) [@outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/outsidecontext)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/non-existent-albums-release-mbid-in-picard-3-0b1/814723/6 "2026-04-24T18:01:02Z")

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From the file tags. The files got previously tagged with those releases, when they still existed.