# How to filter by multiple criteria? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 1, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-by-multiple-criteria/47728 "2020-02-01T01:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lotus1922](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/48db29/32.png) [@lotus1922](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lotus1922)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-by-multiple-criteria/47728/1 "2020-02-01T01:05:32Z")
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here, though I have been using Mp3tag for years to manage my music library. It is amazing! I'm pretty much clueless about filter expressions though. I JUST barely figured out how to use the F3 function to do simple things like filter the directory I'm looking at by a particular field (album, artist, etc). But I cannot for the life of me figure out how to combine multiple criteria in the Filter field. Example: I want to view files that have a specific value for "genre" AND also have a blank "comments" field. If I select GENRE from the dropdown menu and then type ^rock then I can successfully find all the files whose genre begins with the word "rock". If I select COMMENT and type ^$ I can find all the files that don't have comments. How do I combine these two criteria? Also, when I type any of the operation words like "IS"or "HAS" nothing happens. It seems I can only use the various ^ $ | symbols to do things. Can someone please explain this like I'm 5 years old? I'm truly dumb about this stuff. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-by-multiple-criteria/47728/2 "2020-02-01T07:56:44Z")
genre IS Rock AND comment MISSING ---
**Author:** ![lotus1922](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/48db29/32.png) [@lotus1922](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lotus1922)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-by-multiple-criteria/47728/3 "2020-02-01T21:13:14Z")
Thank you! I also reinstalled the program as I realized I was a couple versions behind and now it works much better. Thank you for your help 🙂 ---
**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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-by-multiple-criteria/47728/4 "2026-02-09T12:28:26Z")