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# Item Metadata Updates
All the following attributes update various details of the metadata for every item in the collection.
**None of these updates work with Playlists or Overlays.**
| Attribute | Description & Values |
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| `item_label` | **Description:** Appends new labels to every movie/show in the collection
**Values:** Comma-separated string of labels to append |
| `item_label.remove` | **Description:** Removes existing labels from every movie/show in the collection
**Values:** Comma-separated string of labels to remove |
| `item_label.sync` | **Description:** Matches the labels of every movie/show in the collection to the labels provided (Leave blank to remove all labels)
**Values:** Comma-separated string of labels to sync |
| `item_genre` | **Description:** Appends new genres to every movie/show in the collection
**Values:** Comma-separated string of genres to append |
| `item_genre.remove` | **Description:** Removes existing genres from every movie/show in the collection
**Values:** Comma-separated string of genres to remove |
| `item_genre.sync` | **Description:** Matches the genres of every movie/show in the collection to the genres provided (Leave blank to remove all genres)
**Values:** Comma-separated string of genres to sync |
| `item_edition` | **Description:** Replaced the edition of every movie in the collection
**Values:** Edition Name |
| `non_item_remove_label` | **Description:** Matches every movie/show that has the given label and is not in the collection and removes the label
**Values:** Comma-separated string of labels to remove |
| `item_lock_poster` | **Description:** Locks/Unlocks the poster of every movie/show in the collection
**Default:** `None`
**Values:**
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| `item_lock_background` | **Description:** Locks/Unlocks the background of every movie/show in the collection
**Default:** `None`
**Values:** |
| `item_lock_title` | **Description:** Locks/Unlocks the title of every movie/show in the collection
**Default:** `None`
**Values:** |
| `item_assets` | **Description:** Checks your assets folders for assets of every movie/show in the collection
**Default:** `false`
**Values:** `true` or `false` |
| `item_refresh` | **Description:** Refreshes the metadata of every movie/show in the collection
**Default:** `false`
**Values:** `true` or `false` |
| `item_refresh_delay` | **Description:** Amount of time to wait between each `item_refresh` of every movie/show in the collection
**Default:** `0`
**Values:** Number greater than `0` |
| `item_tmdb_season_titles` | **Description:** Changes the season titles of every show in the collection to match TMDb
**Default:** `false`
**Values:** `true` or `false` |
| `item_episode_sorting`1 | **Description:** Changes the episode sorting of every show in the collection
**Values:**`default` | Library default |
`oldest` | Oldest first |
`newest` | Newest first |
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| `item_keep_episodes`1 | **Description:** Changes the keep episodes of every show in the collection
**Values:**`all` | All episodes |
`5_latest` | 5 latest episodes |
`3_latest` | 3 latest episodes |
`latest` | Latest episodes |
`past_3` | Episodes added in the past 3 days |
`past_7` | Episodes added in the past 7 days |
`past_30` | Episodes added in the past 30 days |
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| `item_delete_episodes`1 | **Description:** Changes the delete episodes of every show in the collection
**Values:**`never` | Never |
`day` | After a day |
`week` | After a week |
`refresh` | On next refresh |
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| `item_season_display`1 | **Description:** Changes the season display of every show in the collection
**Values:**`default` | Library default |
`show` | Show |
`hide` | Hide |
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| `item_episode_ordering`1 | **Description:** Changes the episode ordering of every show in the collection
**Values:**`default` | Library default |
`tmdb_aired` | The Movie Database (Aired) |
`tvdb_aired` | TheTVDb (Aired) |
`tvdb_dvd` | TheTVDb (DVD) |
`tvdb_absolute` | TheTVDb (Absolute) |
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| `item_metadata_language`2 | **Description:** Changes the metadata language of every movie/show in the collection
**Values:** `default`, `ar-SA`, `ca-ES`, `cs-CZ`, `da-DK`, `de-DE`, `el-GR`, `en-AU`, `en-CA`, `en-GB`, `en-US`, `es-ES`, `es-MX`, `et-EE`, `fa-IR`, `fi-FI`, `fr-CA`, `fr-FR`, `he-IL`, `hi-IN`, `hu-HU`, `id-ID`, `it-IT`, `ja-JP`, `ko-KR`, `lt-LT`, `lv-LV`, `nb-NO`, `nl-NL`, `pl-PL`, `pt-BR`, `pt-PT`, `ro-RO`, `ru-RU`, `sk-SK`, `sv-SE`, `th-TH`, `tr-TR`, `uk-UA`, `vi-VN`, `zh-CN`, `zh-HK`, `zh-TW` |
| `item_use_original_title`2 | **Description:** Changes the use original title of every movie/show in the collection
**Values:**`default` | Library default |
`no` | No |
`yes` | Yes |
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1 Only works with TV Show Libraries
2 Must be using the **New Plex Movie Agent** or the **New Plex TV Agent**