# Action to Copy Filename to Title **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [October 9, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289 "2015-10-09T04:44:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skinniedipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@skinniedipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skinniedipper)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289/1 "2015-10-09T04:44:18Z")
I've managed to create an Action to copy the Filename into the Title field, the format string is %\_FILENAME% but the filename includes a track number eg 01 Road to Heaven.mp3. How can I amend the format string so that it does not include the track number when it copies it into the Title field. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289/2 "2015-10-09T04:46:30Z")
What about an action of the type "Guess value" (import tag-field) for \_FILENAME Guessing pattern: %track% %title% ---
**Author:** ![skinniedipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@skinniedipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skinniedipper)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289/3 "2015-10-09T20:26:46Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > What about an action of the type "Guess value" (import tag-field) for \_FILENAME > Guessing pattern: %track% %title% Hi ohrenkino Unfortunately that didn't work. I've only been using the program for a few days so maybe I didn't set up the Action correctly. This is how I set it up based on your suggestion: Guess Values Source Format: FILENAME Guessing Pattern: %track% %title% Is that correct. What I'm trying to achieve is to copy PART of the contents of the Filename tag into the Title tag. An example: Filename tag contains "01 Song from Album.mp3" I want to copy "Song from Album" into Title tag. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289/4 "2015-10-10T18:06:06Z")
You do not tell what does not work. One reason could be that the reference to the filename should be \_FILENAME with a leading underscore. ---
**Author:** ![skinniedipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@skinniedipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skinniedipper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289/5 "2015-10-10T20:39:39Z")
Hi ohrenkino Sorry about that. I created the action: Guess Values Source Format: FILENAME Guessing Pattern: %track% %title% then highlighted a file and tried it. A window came up with: "Formatted tags in 0 of 1 files. 0 of 1 files renamed". I've now changed the Source Format to \_FILENAME as you suggested but I get the same result. skinniedipper ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289/6 "2015-10-11T06:36:12Z")
And some more syntax: The "Source format" field wants the reference to the variable contents - %\_filename% \_FILENAME is not enough. ---
**Author:** ![skinniedipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@skinniedipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skinniedipper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289/7 "2015-10-12T21:27:33Z")
Hi ohrenkino Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I wanted. skinniedipper ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-filename-to-title/17289/8 "2026-02-09T12:25:54Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC