On February 24, 2006, MXTabs was reinstated online by its owners, accompanied by an open letter explaining their belief in the site's mission to assist musicians in learning their instruments.

It also noted that tablatures have not been legally proven to be infringing and invited sheet music publishers to collaborate with MXTabs on establishing a licensing system for tabs.

[2] On June 25, 2006, MXtabs administrators removed the site's tablature content for a second time, after a reopening in February that year had failed to elicit the hoped-for response from the music publishing industry.

The delay was attributed to challenges in securing contracts with the last few music publishers and the necessity of updating over 10,000 tabs to align with MXTabs' new operational model and incorporating desired features.

[7] Following significant updates in May, including Tab Submissions and numerous new publisher agreements,[8] MXTabs announced it would exit the public alpha stage and officially launch on July 1, 2008.