# Change tags for multiple files

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/change-tags-for-multiple-files/2176>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/change-tags-for-multiple-files/2176 "2022-10-12T10:26:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![deckgamez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@deckgamez](https://discourse.beets.io/u/deckgamez)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/change-tags-for-multiple-files/2176/1 "2022-10-12T10:26:33Z")

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Hello all,

I’d like to be able to mass change specific tags. An example of this is, all genre=“Electronic” to genre=“EDM” - how would I do this?

Another example would be, all tracks with a specific catalognum (ie ‘TIDY\*’) to change genre=“Hard House”.  
Is this possible?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![jackwilsdon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/jackwilsdon/32/10_2.png) [@jackwilsdon](https://discourse.beets.io/u/jackwilsdon)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/change-tags-for-multiple-files/2176/2 "2022-10-12T10:55:23Z")

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I think something along the lines of `beet modify genre=EDM genre::^Electronic$` should work for this.

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**Author:** ![deckgamez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@deckgamez](https://discourse.beets.io/u/deckgamez)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/change-tags-for-multiple-files/2176/3 "2022-10-12T11:02:11Z")

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Excellent, I had my command around the wrong way to start with.

Yes this does work. Thanks for the quick reply