# How to filter out the files that have empty data in the year and disc sections?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 4, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956 "2024-06-04T13:53:39Z")
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/1 "2024-06-04T13:53:39Z")
hi all,
can someone assist im trying to filter out the files that have empty data in the year and disc sections, how do i do this please as i need to update those tags
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/2 "2024-06-04T13:55:38Z")
Are you looking for the command
`MISSING`
BTW
There are no empty tags in your files.
There is a tag WITH content or there is no tag at all.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/3 "2024-06-04T14:08:25Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Howto filter the album artist column that have more than one artists?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-filter-the-album-artist-column-that-have-more-than-one-artists/64957)
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/4 "2024-06-04T13:56:46Z")
i believe so, how do i find that pal
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/5 "2024-06-04T13:59:11Z")
What have you tried as `` so far, as the example says?
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/6 "2024-06-04T14:00:08Z")
yeah apologies, i meant those fields are empty and need to fill the data but i have over 1.2m files to sift through so if i filter those empty fields should be quicker
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/7 "2024-06-04T14:01:16Z")
im not sure how to use the filter at the bottom it retunrs zero results
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/8 "2024-06-04T14:01:39Z")
Again:
What did you enter in your filter as command?
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/9 "2024-06-04T14:03:16Z")
well when i clicked on the filter at the bottom and clicked year it came back zero
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/10 "2024-06-04T14:04:17Z")
What about using the above example for your case:
`year MISSING`
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### Author:  [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/11 "2024-06-04T14:06:15Z")
thanks pal, i added \<\> and it didnt work i removed it and its brought a load up
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-out-the-files-that-have-empty-data-in-the-year-and-disc-sections/64956/12 "2024-07-04T14:06:37Z")
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