# Update/Overwrite/Append Data Options for Contact Property Fields

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/update-overwrite-append-data-options-for-contact-property-fields/788>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** forms, object\
**Created:** [January 20, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/update-overwrite-append-data-options-for-contact-property-fields/788 "2017-01-20T12:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/system/32/124_2.png) [@system](https://community.hubspot.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/update-overwrite-append-data-options-for-contact-property-fields/788/23 "2017-02-03T14:24:39Z")

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Yes, Yes Yes!!! I would like to update all my existing contacts with a specific identifier/custom property for our business, so we cam filter/sort by the custom property.

Can this be done already?

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