# Only update empty fields

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-update-empty-fields/3039
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 13, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-update-empty-fields/3039 "2006-03-13T20:00:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Eli](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Eli](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Eli)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-update-empty-fields/3039/1 "2006-03-13T20:00:18Z")

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There are alot of very cool plug-ins for mp3tag, but I dont want them to overwrite my other tags when I try to use them to fill in missing tags. Is there a way to get the web services to only tag empty fields?

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-update-empty-fields/3039/2 "2006-03-13T20:13:20Z")

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No. This is not possible by design.

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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: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-update-empty-fields/3039/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:40Z")

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