Removing tags when adding books

maddz · 04-22-2020, 04:41 AM

Is there a way to automatically strip all tags when adding a book? I prefer to use my own tags as I process new records (my main log is on LibraryThing), and add a @NEW tag automatically, but sometimes I import books with 20 or more tags, mostly junk.

I'm thinking about an addition to the Add books preference where you can specify a tag to add on adding, perhaps something like a checkbox to clear existing tags before adding the automated tag? I know there's the rules bit, but that would mean identifying the tags to set up the rule, and often the tag is book-specific (a character name for example) not generic.

Is that possible?

kovidgoyal · 04-22-2020, 04:42 AM

Use the rules, they can be set up to match any tag.

04-22-2020, 04:41 AM	#1
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,418 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	Removing tags when adding books Is there a way to automatically strip all tags when adding a book? I prefer to use my own tags as I process new records (my main log is on LibraryThing), and add a @NEW tag automatically, but sometimes I import books with 20 or more tags, mostly junk. I'm thinking about an addition to the Add books preference where you can specify a tag to add on adding, perhaps something like a checkbox to clear existing tags before adding the automated tag? I know there's the rules bit, but that would mean identifying the tags to set up the rule, and often the tag is book-specific (a character name for example) not generic. Is that possible?

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04-22-2020, 04:42 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,617 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use the rules, they can be set up to match any tag.

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