# How do i edit the "writer"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [March 8, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-the-writer/40991 "2018-03-08T08:10:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ran](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ran/32/4987_2.png) [@Ran](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ran)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-the-writer/40991/1 "2018-03-08T08:10:54Z")
I can edit the composer. Until yesterday I could edit the writer of the song and now I can't. Any solution? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-the-writer/40991/2 "2018-03-08T09:14:31Z")
What do you mean by "edit"? Is there a filled tag LYRICIST and you can't change it? Or is there no tag LYRICIST and you can't create one? ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-the-writer/40991/3 "2018-03-08T09:58:19Z")
I would have asked the same questions as @poster. But as there seems to be a little uncertainty about how to name a field, here is a page of the help that lists all fields that are supported by MP3tag: > **[Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/)** > > Overview of all available tag fields, their names in Mp3tag, and how they are mapped to the internal structures of the different tag formats. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. Perhaps you find your field in that list. ---
**Author:** ![Ran](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ran/32/4987_2.png) [@Ran](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ran)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-the-writer/40991/4 "2018-03-08T10:07:48Z")
Windows Media Player has a field "Writer". When I view a library in the computer in details there's a "writer" column. Until yesterday I could edit it with my MP3Tag. I updated my MP3tag version and now I don't have "Writer" or "Lyricist" in it. I think in the previous MP3tag versions I defined the column "Writer" and the data i put in it was updated in the mp3 file. I also tried to do it with the current version I cant change the or even read the "Writer" data from my MP3Tag [I can't even do it through the properties/details of the mp3 file cause these fields "Writer" or "Lyricist" do not appear there] ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 10:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-the-writer/40991/5 "2018-03-08T10:20:05Z")
Load one of these files where you see the writer in WMP into MP3tag. Select it Open the dialogue "Extended tags" (Alt-T) and see which field may contain the data that you are looking for. What kind of file type are we talking about? MP3? MP4? Flac? ---
**Author:** ![Ran](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ran/32/4987_2.png) [@Ran](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ran)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-the-writer/40991/6 "2018-03-08T10:22:21Z")
Thanks I defined %Lyricist% in the value and field of writer and it solved the prblem OCD me 🙂 ---
**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/how-do-i-edit-the-writer/40991/7 "2026-02-09T12:27:16Z")