---
name: "id3v2"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "id3v2"
version: "0.1.12-7"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/id3v2"
---

# id3v2(1)

\[4mID3V2\[24m(1)                         User Command                         \[4mID3V2\[24m(1)

\[1mNAME\[0m\
        id3v2  -   Adds/Modifies/Removes/Views id3v2 tags, converts/lists id3v1\
        tags

\[1mSYNOPSIS\[0m\
        \[1mid3v2 \[22m\[ \[4mOPTION\[24m \] \[ \[4mFILE\[24m \]

\[1mOPTIONS\[0m\
        \[1m-h, --help\[0m\
               Display help and exit

       \[1m-f, --list-frames\[0m\
               Display all possible frames for id3v2

       \[1m-L, --list-genres\[0m\
               Lists all id3v1 genres

       \[1m-v, --version\[0m\
               Display version information and exit

       \[1m-l, --list\[0m\
               Lists the tag(s) on the file(s)

       \[1m-R, --list-rfc822\[0m\
               Lists using an rfc822-style format for output

       \[1m-d, --delete-v2\[0m\
               Deletes id3v2 tags

       \[1m-s, --delete-v1\[0m\
               Deletes id3v1 tags

       \[1m-D, --delete-all\[0m\
                Deletes both id3v1 and id3v2 tags

       \[1m-C, --convert\[0m\
                Converts id3v1 tag to id3v2

       \[1m-a, --artist ARTIST\[0m\
               Set the artist information

       \[1m-A, --album ALBUM\[0m\
               Set the album title information

       \[1m-t, --song SONG\[0m\
               Set the song title information

       \[1m-c, --comment DESCRIPTION:COMMENT\[0m\
               Set the comment information

       \[1m-g, --genre num\[0m\
               Set the genre number

       \[1m-y, --year num\[0m\
               Set the year

       \[1m-T, --track num/num\[0m\
               Set the track number/(optional) total tracks

\[1mSEE ALSO\[0m\
        [id3tag(1)](/id3tag/1.md), [id3info(1)](/id3info/1.md), [id3convert(1)](/id3convert/1.md)

\[1mAUTHOR\[0m\
        \[1mid3v2 \[22mis by myers  \<myers\_carpenter@users.sourceforge.net\>  with  major\
        portions  used  from  id3lib  examples.  Manual page written for Debian\
        GNU/Linux by Robert Woodcock \<rcw@debian.org\>.

                                   May 2000                           \[4mID3V2\[24m(1)