<p>I believe this a previous discussed issue even with an unmerged pull request on the Feed Me GitHub to allow this behaviour.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/craftcms/feed-me/issues/797" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/craftcms/feed-me/issues/797</a></p>
<p>You can potentially implement this without forking the entire plugin using the FeedMe field parsing events example in that issue:</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/craftcms/feed-me/issues/797#issuecomment-977858260" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/craftcms/feed-me/issues/797#issuecomment-977858260</a></p>
<p>You'll need to add this to a module that's bootstrapped to your site, but using the field parsing events should work, until it is potentially accepted upstream as a configurable option or allows the behaviour to work.</p>
<p>Edit: Per more recent events. FeedMe now directly implements this solution directly, the original answer is no longer accurate, but left as in for context.</p>

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2023-12-19T21:51:24.400Z
This was implemented as a setting per feed! March of 2023 https://github.com/craftcms/feed-me/issues/797#issuecomment-1474401559
Alex Kendrick
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@AlexKendrick Thanks! I've amended my original answer with a note, for clarity.
James White
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<p>I would like to import and update Entries using a FeedMe, based on a remote JSON file.
Sometimes, the fields are filled, sometimes not.</p>
<p>I would like FeedMe to update these fields if they are empty in the JSON. But currently, these blank values are skipped instead of replaced.</p>
<p>For special field like Date/Time field, I need a true blank value, not the current date.</p>
<p>Is this possible at this time? If so, how can I do?</p>

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FeedMe: how to update some Entries' fields with blank data?
# FeedMe: how to update some Entries' fields with blank data?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-06-23)

I would like to import and update Entries using a FeedMe, based on a remote JSON file.
Sometimes, the fields are filled, sometimes not.

I would like FeedMe to update these fields if they are empty in the JSON. But currently, these blank values are skipped instead of replaced.

For special field like Date/Time field, I need a true blank value, not the current date.

Is this possible at this time? If so, how can I do?

**Tags:** plugin-feedme

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-06-23. Score: 2

I believe this a previous discussed issue even with an unmerged pull request on the Feed Me GitHub to allow this behaviour.

<https://github.com/craftcms/feed-me/issues/797>

You can potentially implement this without forking the entire plugin using the FeedMe field parsing events example in that issue:

<https://github.com/craftcms/feed-me/issues/797#issuecomment-977858260>

You'll need to add this to a module that's bootstrapped to your site, but using the field parsing events should work, until it is potentially accepted upstream as a configurable option or allows the behaviour to work.

Edit: Per more recent events. FeedMe now directly implements this solution directly, the original answer is no longer accurate, but left as in for context.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This was implemented as a setting per feed! March of 2023 https://github.com/craftcms/feed-me/issues/797#issuecomment-1474401559  
> **username_1**: @AlexKendrick Thanks! I've amended my original answer with a note, for clarity.  

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