# Customizing filter options to certain fields **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [April 6, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346 "2018-04-06T08:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346/1 "2018-04-06T08:46:05Z")
Basically I'm trying to sync mp3tag and iTunes so that if I type something in to the filter box it returns the same results. I noticed when filtering in mp3tag it produced a different result to iTunes, the reason being it appeared in the extended tag CATALOG # which iTunes doesn't search. Is it possible to configure mp3tag to only filter certain fields or ideally has anyone found a way to match iTunes search? OR What's the quickest way to delete all info in a list of extended tags I don't want? Thank You ---
**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:** [April 6, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346/2 "2018-04-06T08:51:19Z")
> [@bigcitydealer](#): > > has anyone found a way to match iTunes search? I would say: ask Apple to implement a better filter like the one in MP3tag. As the implementations differ, I would say it is pointless to use the same syntax. > [@bigcitydealer](#): > > Is it possible to configure mp3tag to only filter certain fields Name the field that should contain a certain information. See the help on filters and the various described options: > **[Filter and Search – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/filter/)** > > Documentation on Filter and Search and keywords to form complex filter expressions. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. ---
**Author:** ![bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 11:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346/3 "2018-04-06T11:04:10Z")
Hi So what is the quickest way to filter only within all the fields currently displayed? Thank You ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346/4 "2018-04-06T11:41:28Z")
> [@bigcitydealer](#): > > So what is the quickest way to filter only within all the fields currently displayed? The MP3Tag-filter is not limited to the tags that you decide to be displayed in the list-view or the tag-panel. There are no "normal" tags and "extended tags". "Extended Tags" in MP3Tag only means that you can invoke a view where all tags are displayed. So you would have to tell the filter which tags you want to look for matches: artist HAS "Rolling Stones" AND album HAS "Rolling Stones" AND .... ---
**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:** [April 6, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346/5 "2018-04-06T13:13:35Z")
> [@bigcitydealer](#): > > OR What's the quickest way to delete all info in a list of extended tags I don't want? There is an action where you can specify which fields you want to delete or another one with which you can set which fields your want to keep - so perhaps such an action is the quickest way to delete further information. > [@bigcitydealer](#): > > Basically I'm trying to sync mp3tag and iTunes so that if I type something in to the filter box it returns the same results. Did you know that you can drag&drop a list from iTunes into MP3tag? So once you have filtered a list in iTunes, you d&d it to MP3tag and there is no need to apply a filter twice i.e. once in each program. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346/6 "2026-02-09T12:27:21Z")