# Batch update "Genre" field only **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-update-genre-field-only/47929 **Category:** Support **Created:** [February 20, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-update-genre-field-only/47929 "2020-02-20T10:39:41Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino) #### Post date: [February 20, 2020, 10:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-update-genre-field-only/47929/2 "2020-02-20T10:52:12Z")
Here is a thread about a similar question about the field YEAR: > [@How to feed automatically ONLY the year field from tag sources (freed, discos...)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-feed-automatically-only-the-year-field-from-tag-sources-freed-discos/46093): > > Hello, on my mp3 database, the field year is not always correct. How can I do to fill it in automatically from the tag sources freed, discogs... today it is filling all the fields...and I dont know how to select a specific field. thanks a lot tracta which links to > [@Bulk Update Year Field with Discog/Other Sites](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-update-year-field-with-discog-other-sites/15366): > > Hi! I have finally decided to tackle the retagging of a fairly large library and have chosen Mp3Tag for the task (for fairly obvious reasons, I think laughing ) I have made good progress and am nearing the end of my task here, but something has just struck me - Many of my YEAR field do not represent the original release date, which is of course now what I would like to set the field as. Apologies if my previous searching did not find a relevant topic, but is it possible to have a script cra… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-update-genre-field-only/47929)._