An MP3 carries a tag block before the audio and often another after it: artist, title, comments, lyrics, cover art, the software that encoded it and any custom fields the exporting app decided to add. StripShot cuts those blocks off in your browser and keeps every audio frame exactly as it was.
Last updated September 2026
Drop the .mp3, .wav or .flac below. StripShot lists every tag frame it finds, including encoder settings, custom fields and embedded art, then removes the ID3v2, ID3v1, APEv2 and Lyrics3 blocks. The audio stream is not touched.
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| Block | Position | What it holds | Removed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ID3v2 (v2.2, v2.3, v2.4) | Start of file | Title, artist, album, year, genre, comments, lyrics, encoder settings, encoded-by, custom TXXX fields, PRIV frames, embedded picture | Yes |
| ID3v1 | Last 128 bytes | Legacy title, artist, album, year, comment, genre | Yes |
| APEv2 | After the audio | Key and value tags written by some rippers and players | Yes |
| Lyrics3 v1 and v2 | After the audio | Lyrics and timestamps | Yes |
| LAME / Xing info frame | Inside the first audio frame | Encoder version and quality settings | Reported, kept (part of the stream) |
| Audio frames | Everything else | The music | Kept byte for byte |
Title and artist are obvious. The ones that give a file away are the encoder settings frame (TSSE), which records the software and version that wrote the MP3, the encoded-by frame (TENC), custom TXXX fields where export tools store their own identifiers, and private PRIV frames that can hold anything at all. Music generation tools tend to write their name into one of these. StripShot lists each frame by name so you can see what the file was saying about itself before it goes.
The audio itself is never modified. If a generator embedded an inaudible watermark in the waveform, it is still there after the tags are gone, and no tag remover can change that. StripShot removes the plain-text record; it does not launder audio.
Drop the audio file
Drag an .mp3, .wav or .flac into the tool above. It is parsed in your browser.
Read the tags
Every frame is listed: title, artist, encoder settings, custom fields, comments, embedded picture, trailer tags.
Strip
Click Strip. The tag blocks are cut from the start and end of the file. Audio frames are untouched.
Download
The output is re-scanned, then downloaded. It plays exactly as before, with nothing to show in the properties panel.
An ID3v2 block at the start of the file holds title, artist, album, year, genre, comments, lyrics, encoder settings (TSSE), who encoded it (TENC), custom TXXX fields, private PRIV frames and the embedded cover art. Many files also carry a 128-byte ID3v1 tag at the end, and some carry APEv2 or Lyrics3 blocks after the audio.
No. The tag blocks sit before and after the audio frames. StripShot cuts them off and keeps the frames byte for byte, so there is no quality change and no second encode.
Yes. Embedded pictures live in the ID3v2 APIC frame, which is removed with the rest of the tag. Lyrics in USLT frames go too.
The encoder's info frame sits inside the first audio frame and is part of the stream, so it is reported but kept. It names the encoder version, not you.
Yes. In a WAV, StripShot removes the LIST INFO chunk, embedded ID3, Adobe XMP (_PMX), iXML, bext broadcast data, cue and JUNK chunks. In a FLAC it replaces the Vorbis comment block with an empty one and drops PICTURE, APPLICATION and PADDING blocks. Ogg files are scanned but not rewritten yet.
No. Some AI music tools embed inaudible watermarks in the waveform itself. StripShot never touches audio samples, so it cannot remove those and does not claim to. It removes the tags that name the tool in plain text.
No. Tags are cut inside your browser tab. StripShot has no server route that receives file bytes.
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