# New Model Option with the default setting true becomes false on all existing pages

**URL:** <https://forum.builder.io/t/new-model-option-with-the-default-setting-true-becomes-false-on-all-existing-pages/118>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [June 2, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/new-model-option-with-the-default-setting-true-becomes-false-on-all-existing-pages/118 "2020-06-02T12:49:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![peter.manhof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@peter.manhof](https://forum.builder.io/u/peter.manhof)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/new-model-option-with-the-default-setting-true-becomes-false-on-all-existing-pages/118/1 "2020-06-02T12:49:18Z")

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When creating a new option under model option [https://builder.io/models](https://builder.io/models) there with a boolean value and default setting = true. All existing pages get the setting = false. This cause us to go through every single page and change it to true.

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**Author:** ![peter.manhof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@peter.manhof](https://forum.builder.io/u/peter.manhof)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/new-model-option-with-the-default-setting-true-becomes-false-on-all-existing-pages/118/2 "2020-06-02T13:04:24Z")

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Can you help me bulk fix this?

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**Author:** ![anon30523337](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@anon30523337](https://forum.builder.io/u/anon30523337)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.builder.io/t/new-model-option-with-the-default-setting-true-becomes-false-on-all-existing-pages/118/3 "2020-06-02T19:01:47Z")

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Hi Peter, thanks for reaching out. You are correct that default values are not applied retroactively. This is intentional since automating data migrations could unintended issues for our customers. The best way of bulk editing your content is to use our Write API: [https://www.builder.io/c/docs/write-api](https://www.builder.io/c/docs/write-api)

In other words, fetch your content with our Content API ([https://www.builder.io/c/docs/query-api](https://www.builder.io/c/docs/query-api)). And then iterate over the results and send a PATCH or PUT request to the Write API with whatever updates you’d like to make to the content entries.

Please let me know if you need any additional help with using those APIs!