# Is there a way to edit multiple entries at the same time?

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-multiple-entries-at-the-same-time/2221>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 2, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-multiple-entries-at-the-same-time/2221 "2020-08-02T12:09:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![szhorvat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/szhorvat/32/722_2.png) [@szhorvat](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/szhorvat)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-multiple-entries-at-the-same-time/2221/1 "2020-08-02T12:09:06Z")

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I would like to clean up a bibtex file and perform operations such as:

- Remove certain fields (such as `file` or `month`) from all entries
- Change capitalization to be consistent (e.g. convert all-caps names to standard capitalization)
- Remove certain fields conditionally, e.g. remove URL only if DOI exists

Is batch editing possible? If yes, are any of the operations I outlines above possible?

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-multiple-entries-at-the-same-time/2221/2 "2020-08-02T15:18:38Z")

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Hi,

have a look at the Cleanup Dialog Quality -\> Cleanup. It already has some builtin formatter you can configure for all fields or only some. It works on all selected entries.

 ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jabref/original/1X/912ae294016f61168f5896c22836c8e0c9428476.png)

Most actions are described here:  
[https://docs.jabref.org/advanced/saveactions](https://docs.jabref.org/advanced/saveactions)

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**Author:** ![jrgant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/jrgant/32/824_2.png) [@jrgant](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/jrgant)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-multiple-entries-at-the-same-time/2221/3 "2020-12-03T22:26:27Z")

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Have you had any trouble with this? I have been trying to format Journaltitle for multiple entries, but whenever I click Cleanup Entries, it cleans only the first entry if I’ve selected a bunch. If I select 3 or 4, it works fine.