# Add filename to title
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 23, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174 "2014-09-23T05:58:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_van_Nierop)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174/1 "2014-09-23T05:58:54Z")
I have filenames like 'Allegro' and titles like 'Symphony No. 1'.
I want add the filename to the title so that the title becomes 'Symphony No. 1, Allegro' but can't figure out how.
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### Author:  [@vkostas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vkostas)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174/2 "2014-09-23T06:29:54Z")
Use Action menu.
Format Value
tag: %title%
expression: %\_filename%, %title%
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### Author:  [@Dick\_van\_Nierop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_van_Nierop)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174/3 "2014-09-23T12:37:07Z")
Super! Thanks a lot.
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### Author:  [@jzaborowski](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jzaborowski)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174/4 "2018-08-22T21:15:09Z")
I just tried this out and it didn't work. I want to be able to tag the title field of a group of files with their respective filename. Is this still a functionality in mp3tag?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174/5 "2018-08-23T03:52:06Z")
Yes, there is.
Do you want to tag the TITLE with the complete filename or just part of the filename? Better you give an example.
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### Author:  [@warsec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/warsec)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174/6 "2018-08-24T05:05:18Z")
Not my post but same problem. Example. Filename is 25 Or 6 To One.mp3. Nothing in Title tag so I want to add this ( without the mp3) to Title. Thanks for any help you can give
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174/7 "2018-08-24T05:08:32Z")
> [@warsec](#):
>
> but same problem
No, it is not.
see the FAQs:
> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter \> Filename - Tag] Converter \> Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-filename-to-title/16174/8 "2026-02-09T12:25:17Z")