diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index b8358f9..65018b3 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -1352,6 +1352,7 @@ func buildTagMetadata(trackMeta map[string]any, title, source, trackID string, o
 		Album:               album,
 		Artist:              artist,
 		AlbumArtist:         albumArtist,
+		OmitDiscTags:        opts.forPlaylist,
 		TrackNumber:         trackNumber,
 		DiscNumber:          discNumber,
 		TrackTotal:          trackTotal,
diff --git a/internal/app/app_test.go b/internal/app/app_test.go
index 95c3681..a0ba5ca 100644
--- a/internal/app/app_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/app_test.go
@@ -525,6 +525,9 @@ func TestBuildTagMetadataPlaylistOmitsDiscTags(t *testing.T) {
 	if tags.DiscTotal != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("disc total = %d, want 0", tags.DiscTotal)
 	}
+	if !tags.OmitDiscTags {
+		t.Fatalf("omit disc tags = %v, want true", tags.OmitDiscTags)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestTrackOutputPathFallsBackToDisc1(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/audio/tag/tagger.go b/internal/audio/tag/tagger.go
index 7c231fb..2806664 100644
--- a/internal/audio/tag/tagger.go
+++ b/internal/audio/tag/tagger.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type Metadata struct {
 	Album               string
 	Artist              string
 	AlbumArtist         string
+	OmitDiscTags        bool
 	TrackNumber         int
 	DiscNumber          int
 	TrackTotal          int
@@ -101,6 +102,14 @@ func buildFFmpegArgs(inputPath, outputPath string, meta Metadata, coverPath, ext
 		}
 		args = append(args, "-metadata", k+"="+v)
 	}
+	if meta.OmitDiscTags {
+		args = append(args,
+			"-metadata", "disc=",
+			"-metadata", "disk=",
+			"-metadata", "disctotal=",
+			"-metadata", "totaldiscs=",
+		)
+	}
 
 	args = append(args, outputPath)
 	return args
diff --git a/internal/audio/tag/tagger_test.go b/internal/audio/tag/tagger_test.go
index 9c3d0d8..be3803d 100644
--- a/internal/audio/tag/tagger_test.go
+++ b/internal/audio/tag/tagger_test.go
@@ -96,6 +96,28 @@ func TestBuildFFmpegArgsSkipsCoverForUnsupportedContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBuildFFmpegArgsClearsDiscTagsWhenRequested(t *testing.T) {
+	args := buildFFmpegArgs("in.flac", "out.flac", Metadata{Title: "x", OmitDiscTags: true}, "", "flac")
+	want := map[string]bool{
+		"disc=":       false,
+		"disk=":       false,
+		"disctotal=":  false,
+		"totaldiscs=": false,
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(args)-1; i++ {
+		if args[i] == "-metadata" {
+			if _, ok := want[args[i+1]]; ok {
+				want[args[i+1]] = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for tag, found := range want {
+		if !found {
+			t.Fatalf("missing clear tag %q in args: %v", tag, args)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTaggedTempPathPreservesExtension(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := taggedTempPath("/tmp/song.flac"); got != "/tmp/song.tmp.flac" {
 		t.Fatalf("taggedTempPath(flac)=%q", got)