# How to use barcode without quality information

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-use-barcode-without-quality-information/1701
**Category:** User Support
**Tags:** import
**Created:** [November 2, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-use-barcode-without-quality-information/1701 "2017-11-02T16:11:30Z")
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### Author: ![ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/ebolyen/32/11_2.png) [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-use-barcode-without-quality-information/1701/11 "2017-12-22T17:56:36Z")

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> [@Nicholas\_Bokulich](#):
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> If the barcodes are contained in-line in each sequence, you will need to use a method outside of QIIME 2 to extract those barcodes into a separate fastq file, e.g., the qiime1 script extract\_barcodes.py, and then import the resulting fastqs to QIIME2. That functionality is planned in QIIME2 for the next release (end of this month) but is not available in the current release.

[QIIME 2 2017.12](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-2017-12-release-is-now-live/2308) has a new `cutadapt` plugin which provides `demux-single` and `demux-paired` for demultiplexing reads where the barcodes are included within your reads!

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