# Changing metadata langugage **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [March 18, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/changing-metadata-langugage/557135 "2020-03-18T15:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![coucourico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@coucourico](https://forums.plex.tv/u/coucourico)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/changing-metadata-langugage/557135/1 "2020-03-18T15:23:30Z")
Hi can someone help me to change metadata langugage. I’ve tried in settings but that didn’t do anything. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/changing-metadata-langugage/557135/2 "2020-03-19T07:39:37Z")
The metadata language for _newly added_ items is defined in the properties of the library. “Edit” it, to see the language selector. It’s not possible to change this _en masse_ for existing items. The language is part of the “matching” to a metadata source. So to change that you needed to do either: - perform the “Fix Match” procedure on each item separately - [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-incorrectly-identifying-tv-episodes/100265/4) the affected items - Remove the whole library from Plex and recreate it, this time with the right language setting ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/changing-metadata-langugage/557135/3 "2020-06-17T07:39:37Z")
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