# Action to rename artist folder

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [April 9, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382 "2018-04-09T16:05:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sideburnz](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sideburnz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sideburnz)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382/1 "2018-04-09T16:05:48Z")

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I'm just starting to use mp3tag and I like it! My music directories look like this:

D:\Music\Alanis Morissette\Jagged Little Pill Acoustic\01 - All I Really Want.mp3

I want to create an action that will rename the artist to what is shown in the Album Artist column of mp3tag. I found this but still don't understand setting up the action:

format artist:  
$regexp(%\_folderpath%,.+\(.+)\(.+)\,$1)

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**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:** [April 9, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382/2 "2018-04-09T17:14:03Z")

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> [@Sideburnz](#):
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> rename the artist to what is shown in the Album Artist

It is not quite clear to me: do you want to copy the contents of the field ALBUMARTIST to the field ARTIST?  
Then use an action of the type "Format value" for ARTIST  
Format string: %albumartist%

You can achieve the same with the function Convert\>Tag-Tag for ARTIST,  
Format string: %albumartist%

Or do you want to extract the string from the parent directory?  
The it would be easiest to use the function COnvert\>Filename-Tag  
Pattern: `%artist%\%dummy%\%dummy%`

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**Author:** ![Sideburnz](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sideburnz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sideburnz)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382/3 "2018-04-09T17:19:16Z")

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No I'm wanting to rename the artist folder to match what is listed in the album artist column

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**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:** [April 9, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382/4 "2018-04-09T17:23:25Z")

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Then use an action of the type "Format value" for \_DIRECTORY  
Format string: `D:\Music\%albumartist%\%album%`  
(or as alternative the function Convert\>Tag-Tag - that has a preview so it may be easier to see what may be the outcome.)

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**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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382/5 "2026-02-09T12:27:22Z")

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