diff --git a/src/anonymizer.js b/src/anonymizer.js
index 50f0ea50..d901dfae 100644
--- a/src/anonymizer.js
+++ b/src/anonymizer.js
@@ -235,19 +235,28 @@ var tagNamesToEmpty = [
     "DataSetTrailingPadding"
 ];
 
-export function cleanTags(dict) {
-    tagNamesToEmpty.forEach(function (tag) {
+export function getTagsNameToEmpty() {
+    return [...tagNamesToEmpty];
+}
+
+export function cleanTags(
+    dict,
+    tagNamesToReplace,
+    customTagNamesToEmpty = undefined
+) {
+    var tags =
+        customTagNamesToEmpty != undefined
+            ? customTagNamesToEmpty
+            : tagNamesToEmpty;
+    tags.forEach(function (tag) {
         var tagInfo = DicomMetaDictionary.nameMap[tag];
         if (tagInfo && tagInfo.version != "PrivateTag") {
             var tagNumber = tagInfo.tag,
                 tagString = Tag.fromPString(tagNumber).toCleanString();
             if (dict[tagString]) {
-                log.log("empty tag " + tag);
                 var newValue;
-                if (tagString == "00100010") {
-                    newValue = ["ANON^PATIENT"];
-                } else if (tagString == "00100020") {
-                    newValue = ["ANONID"];
+                if (tagString in tagNamesToReplace) {
+                    newValue = [tagNamesToReplace[tagString]];
                 } else {
                     newValue = [];
                 }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 9d189cbc..fe8145e3 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import adapters from "./adapters/index.js";
 import utilities from "./utilities/index.js";
 import sr from "./sr/index.js";
 
-import { cleanTags } from "./anonymizer.js";
+import { cleanTags, getTagsNameToEmpty } from "./anonymizer.js";
 
 let data = {
     BitArray,
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ let normalizers = {
 };
 
 let anonymizer = {
-    cleanTags
+    cleanTags,
+    getTagsNameToEmpty
 };
 
 const dcmjs = {