# Add files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-files/2415
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 26, 2005, 8:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-files/2415 "2005-10-26T08:40:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2005, 8:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-files/2415/1 "2005-10-26T08:40:09Z")
Anyone know a way of adding selected files to mp3tag file list?
I can find only addition of all files in a folder. I need to work on just a sub-set of the many files in a folder. Copying them to a folder is not practical e.g. when they are large and/or on read-only media.
Thanks.
PS Is there a way of eliminating some/all this redundant junk from the forum posting form? e.g. Code Buttons, Smilies, Options, Icons etc.? None found in My Controls (sic). Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2005, 8:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-files/2415/2 "2005-10-26T08:46:22Z")
> [@](#):
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> Anyone know a way of adding selected files to mp3tag file list?
Nope, adding single files is not possible - Mp3tag works directory based. There were several requests to change this before, but the only way to achieve this at the moment, is loading a playlist containing these files.
> [@](#):
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> PS Is there a way of eliminating some/all this redundant junk from the forum posting form? e.g. Code Buttons, Smilies, Options, Icons etc.? None found in My Controls (sic). Thanks.
No.
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-files/2415/3 "2005-10-26T09:00:10Z")
OK. Can I add my vote for "Add files..."? It's omission seems like a needless handicap.
> the only way to achieve this at the moment, is loading a playlist
> containing these files.
Thanks, that's a nice workaround, esp. since the playlist creation can be done in mp3tag, provided one doesn't mind waiting for the whole folder to load initially.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-files/2415/4 "2025-08-19T13:13:22Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Get jpeg alongside with flac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-jpeg-alongside-with-flac/69472)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-files/2415/5 "2025-09-18T13:13:53Z")
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