# Unwanted date in date tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 22, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771 "2023-04-22T15:32:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@tgraph](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tgraph)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771/1 "2023-04-22T15:32:46Z")
Hi all.
When I go to add the date 2023 in that field I am prompted to use `2023//2023`, which obviously I don't want. Is there a list of prompts that can be edited and things like that removed, or custom genres added?
Thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771/2 "2023-04-22T15:40:53Z")
Which program asks you to enter the date with 2 forward slashes?
If you see a field in the tag panel with 2 backward slashes like `2023\\2023` then this means that you have a multi-value field which you can check with the extended tags dialogue Alt+T.
MP3tag usually does not ask or force you to create multi-value fields.
see also here:
> [@Display multiple values in year field in column view?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-values-in-year-field-in-column-view/58576):
>
> I have some files which have a date such as this in the year field "2012 \ \ 2012-02-18" as shown in the tag panel on the LH side. The column view on the RH side will only show "2012" for that value. It does not show both values. I would like to trim off the "2012 \ \ ", but I haven’t found an easy way to ID which files have it. The column view is only showing the year. Thoughts? Thanks! Edit: Syntax is: $meta\_sep(year, \ \ )
if you have a question about genres, please open a new topic.
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### Author:  [@tgraph](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tgraph)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771/3 "2023-04-22T15:47:22Z")
I'm using the current MP3Tag. You are already past me talking about 'multi-value fields'...
I edit the 2023//2023 by hand each tome it appears but I don't know where that prompt came from. It's new in about the last month.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771/4 "2023-04-22T15:57:47Z")
Are these really 2 forward slashes that you see `//`?
Did you try the extended tags dialogue?
Mulit-value fields are fields of the same type that appear more than once.
Which other program do you use to edit tags? MediaMonkey?
There is an action to remove duplicate fields:
> **[Remove Duplicate Fields – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/remove-duplicate-fields/)**
>
> Documentation on the Remove Duplicate Fields action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
Apply that to the files and you do not have to edit the files manually.
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### Author:  [@tgraph](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tgraph)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771/5 "2023-04-22T16:04:11Z")
I only use MP3Tag...
That action seems to have solved the issue. Thank you.
I use the extended tags dialogue when I get mp3s from on outside source, who fills every possible tag with their own name generally. 😀
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unwanted-date-in-date-tag/60771/6 "2023-05-22T16:04:34Z")
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