# Rescan ID3 Tags?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426 "2017-02-24T02:21:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/rescan-id3-tags/181426/7 "2017-02-25T17:55:44Z")

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> @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.

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