# Is there a quick way to edit year

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-quick-way-to-edit-year/64783
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 25, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-quick-way-to-edit-year/64783 "2024-05-25T08:15:29Z")
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### Author: ![mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2024, 8:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-quick-way-to-edit-year/64783/1 "2024-05-25T08:15:30Z")

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hi,

i am trying to edit 600k files where the date is set out like this 1985-11-11, however is there an action to delete the other part and just leave the year (1985-11-11 would be 1985 instead)

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### 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: [May 25, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-quick-way-to-edit-year/64783/2 "2024-05-25T08:17:55Z")

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Try Convert\>Tag-Tag or an action of the type "Format value" for YEAR  
Format string: `$num(%year%,1)`

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### Author: ![mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-quick-way-to-edit-year/64783/3 "2024-05-25T08:23:16Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> $num(%year%,1)

Thank you, it has worked

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-quick-way-to-edit-year/64783/4 "2024-06-24T08:24:08Z")

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