# Discogs "Merge" overwrites Title
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189 "2022-02-03T14:48:21Z")
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### Author:  [@DavidEsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidEsp)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189/1 "2022-02-03T14:48:22Z")
Same on both the Mac and Windows versions of Mp3tag:
I start with populated metadata for Artist, Album and Title
Then when I do a Discogs search - based on Artist and Album - it finds one or more matches
I select one of the matches
In macOS (only):
Click [Merge] (no equivalent on the Windows variant)
The title gets overwritten - typically with that of a different track (of same album)
Other already-populated fields are not overwritten (AFAICT)
In Windows:
AFAICT there is no Merge option so it can only overwrite everything.
Is there a way to prevent the overwriting in Mp3tag-macOS \> Merge ?
Is there a Merge in the Windows version (that I haven't found), or is one planned?
Many thanks for any advice
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### Author:  [@DavidEsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidEsp)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189/2 "2022-02-03T14:54:41Z")
Just noticed, Merge also overwrites the Genre
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189/3 "2022-02-03T15:07:21Z")
Did you set the options as described in this thread?
> [@Keep old cover when importing tags from Discogs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-old-cover-when-importing-tags-from-discogs/52476):
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> Is it possible to maintain the cover of a file during the importing process from Discogs? Currently, it is possible to deselect the Discogs cover in the modal, but the original cover itself is removed from the file. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@DavidEsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidEsp)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189/4 "2022-02-03T22:27:33Z")
Ah I see... after experimenting just now
Just for you to comment on whether I got it right, and to document what worked (for any others or myself in years to come) what I did was as follows...
- I did a Search then a Next
- In the top panel I de-selected Title
This affected Save and Merge as follows...
- Save would blank the title field
- Merge would leave the existing title in place
Is that what you meant?
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### Author:  [@DavidEsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidEsp)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189/5 "2022-02-03T22:31:46Z")
One other tip
- It remembers the de-deselection next time you do a Search + Merge/Save
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189/6 "2022-02-04T05:25:20Z")
> [@DavidEsp](#):
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> This affected Save and Merge as follows...
>
> - Save would blank the title field
> - Merge would leave the existing title in place
Yes, _Save_ replaces the tag with the fields enabled in the Tag Sources results window, _Merge_ combines the existing tag with the fields enabled in the results window (overwriting any existing contents).
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-merge-overwrites-title/56189/7 "2022-03-06T05:26:11Z")
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