# freedb - overwrite only certain fields?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-overwrite-only-certain-fields/1576
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 29, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-overwrite-only-certain-fields/1576 "2004-12-29T00:30:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@modtang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/modtang)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-overwrite-only-certain-fields/1576/1 "2004-12-29T00:30:33Z")
I'm wondering if there is a way to write only certain tags when I get the info from freedb? When I rip using EAC/LAME I put the CRC values in the comments field and I would like to keep those, even if overwriting all the other fields with info from the db.
FYI, I do tag with the freedb EAC/LAME option but sometimes they're wrong, or the album isn't in the db. It's in these cases that I need to re-tag.
Is there any way to do this? Thanks! 😃
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2004, 11:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-overwrite-only-certain-fields/1576/2 "2004-12-29T11:49:31Z")
You can enter **\< keep \>** in the first comment field on the freedb confirm dialog and choose Apply to column from the right-click menu.
This should work.
Best regards,
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@modtang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/modtang)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-overwrite-only-certain-fields/1576/3 "2004-12-30T02:17:23Z")
Brilliant! Thank you so much. I'd been trying to figure that out forever. 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-overwrite-only-certain-fields/1576/4 "2026-02-09T12:19:17Z")