# Tag Specific Properties

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-specific-properties/18569>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 31, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-specific-properties/18569 "2016-12-31T00:29:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dabuss55](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dabuss55](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dabuss55)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-specific-properties/18569/1 "2016-12-31T00:29:06Z")

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Let's say I have all correct tags in my music collection except for the genre each song belongs in. How would I auto-tag just the genre without overwriting/replacing the data in the other tags?

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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:** [December 31, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-specific-properties/18569/2 "2016-12-31T07:38:08Z")

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You could take an existing web source script and adapt it so that you only read the genre.  
There is no ready-made way for this.

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-specific-properties/18569/3 "2026-02-09T12:26:35Z")

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