---
name: "id3tag"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "id3lib"
version: "3.8.3-20"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/id3tag"
---

# id3tag(1)

Tags an mp3 file with id3v1 and/or id3v2 tags.

## NAME

id3tag - Tags an mp3 file with id3v1 and/or id3v2 tags.

## SYNOPSIS

**id3tag** \[ *OPTION* \]**...** \[ *FILE* \]**...**\

## DESCRIPTION

**Id3tag** will render both types of tag by default.  Only the last tag type indicated in the option list will be used.  Non- rendered will remain unchanged in the original file.  Will also parse and convert Lyrics3 v2.0 frames, but will not render them.

## OPTIONS

- **-1, --v1tag**

  Render only the id3v1 tag

- **-2, --v2tag**

  Render only the id3v2 tag

- **-h, --help**

  Display help and exit

- **-v, --version**

  Display version information and exit

- **-a, --artist ARTIST**

  Set the artist information

- **-s, --song SONG**

  Set the song title information

- **-A, --album ALBUM**

  Set the album title information

- **-c, --comment COMMENT**

  Set the comment information

- **-C, --desc DESCRIPTION**

  Set the comment description

- **-g, --genre num**

  Set the genre number

- **-y, --year num**

  Set the year

- **-t, --track num**

  Set the track number

- **-T, --total num**

  Set the total number of tracks on the album

## SEE ALSO

[id3convert(1)](/id3convert/1.md), [id3info(1)](/id3info/1.md), [id3v2(1)](/id3v2/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**id3lib** was originally designed and implemented by Dirk Mahoney and is maintained by Scott Thomas Haug \<sth2@cs.wustl.edu\>. Manual page written for Debian GNU/Linux by Robert Woodcock \<rcw@debian.org\>.