# Rescan ID3 Tags? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [February 24, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426 "2017-02-24T02:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![interconnect](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/interconnect/32/13222_2.png) [@interconnect](https://forums.plex.tv/u/interconnect)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/1 "2017-02-24T02:21:04Z")
Anyone know how to rescan ID3 tags for music files? I’ve found this article, but couldn’t get it to work. > **[r/PleX - How to force ID3 tag update for Music libraries via command line](https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/4k3pq4/how_to_force_id3_tag_update_for_music_libraries/)** > > 28 votes and 2 comments so far on Reddit Did I do something wrong? Is there another (easier) way to do it? I’ve been going back through my library and correcting bad tags and would really love the ability to be able to change them and have Plex pick it up. Not sure why there is no option to do this currently. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/2 "2017-02-24T02:47:56Z")
The [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/908454/#Comment_908454 "Plex Dance") (with music, you can omit step 4) ---
**Author:** ![interconnect](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/interconnect/32/13222_2.png) [@interconnect](https://forums.plex.tv/u/interconnect)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/3 "2017-02-24T02:55:50Z")
I am aware of that. Problem is I’ve made changes to probably hundreds of files and not sure which ones I’ve changed. I really would just like to rescan the whole music library. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/4 "2017-02-24T02:58:30Z")
> @interconnect said: > I am aware of that. Problem is I’ve made changes to probably hundreds of files and not sure which ones I’ve changed. I really would just like to rescan the whole music library. Then either perform the procedure with all of them (though in this case it migh be easier to just erase and recreate the library itself) or take a look at their file date/time stamp. ---
**Author:** ![interconnect](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/interconnect/32/13222_2.png) [@interconnect](https://forums.plex.tv/u/interconnect)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/5 "2017-02-25T15:19:00Z")
What would be the easiest way to do this for my entire music library? I tried renaming the music folder and doing the Plex dance, renaming it back and doing an update and it didn’t work. There has got to be a way to update mp3 metadata and get Plex to pick it up without having to do all this; this is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/6 "2017-02-25T15:38:27Z")
> @interconnect said: > There has got to be a way to update mp3 metadata and get Plex to pick it up Currently, there is unfortunately no way. ---
**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/7 "2017-02-25T17:55:44Z")
> @interconnect said: > What would be the easiest way to do this for my entire music library? I tried renaming the music folder and doing the [Plex dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064), renaming it back and doing an update and it didn’t work. There has got to be a way to update mp3 metadata and get Plex to pick it up without having to do all this; this is ridiculous. I started what turned out to be a pretty long [discussion](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/242023/origin-of-the-plex-dance "discussion") about this. The bottom line is, Plex doesn’t think a non-functioning Refresh feature is a bug, even though the workaround for it (the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)) is data-destructive. ---
**Author:** ![interconnect](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/interconnect/32/13222_2.png) [@interconnect](https://forums.plex.tv/u/interconnect)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/8 "2017-02-26T01:59:29Z")
> @beckfield said: > > > @interconnect said: > > What would be the easiest way to do this for my entire music library? I tried renaming the music folder and doing the [Plex dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064), renaming it back and doing an update and it didn’t work. There has got to be a way to update mp3 metadata and get Plex to pick it up without having to do all this; this is ridiculous. > > I started what turned out to be a pretty long [discussion](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/242023/origin-of-the-plex-dance "discussion") about this. The bottom line is, Plex doesn’t think a non-functioning Refresh feature is a bug, even though the workaround for it (the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064)) is data-destructive. Yeah, this is sad, because to me it’s practically mandatory. It seems to me it wouldn’t be that hard to have an option to refresh metadata… actually there is, but it actually doesn’t even rescan the id3 tag. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/9 "2020-01-07T22:49:04Z")