Script to remove all tags

[frankvw2019]

Picard has the option to remove all existing tags prior to tagging. That’s great, but I want to apply that feature selectively. Is there a way to use scripting to remove all tags regardless of what they are? The $delete() functions does not accept wildcards (e.g. $delete(*) doesn’t work.)

Note that Picard does not show all tags. I’ve selected and removed all visible tags in the GUI, but tools like kid3-cli still show leftover tags that the Picard GUI ignores (mostly WM/crud tags left behind by WMP, but not limited to that) and these tags are are neither displayed nor can they be edited or deleted.

Any suggestions?

[InvisibleMan78]

Maybe you can have a look at the $keep plugin mentioned here

Picard plugin 'keep' delete not all unwanted tags

I’m using the Picard plugin ‘keep’. For a series of classical CDs I used “Exact Audio Copy” to rip the files into mp3. This software writes id3 tags like CTDOC, CTDBDISCCONFIDENCE, CTDBTRACKCONFIDENCE or PERFORMER in my mp3 files. All this EAC-tags are not in the list of my $keep formula. How can I force $keep() to only keep the tags I list in $keep(list-of-all-tags-I-want-please-delete-really-all-other-ones)

There will always be some leftover tags, because they are not supported for example like GLOB or PRIV frames and your mentioned WM tags.